国内英语资讯: China Voice: War on poverty must reject dishonesty_时事

国内英语资讯: China Voice: War on poverty must reject dishonesty

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- China is making real headway in its attempt to eradicate poverty, but it must flush out any dishonesty in the process. Fighting poverty must focus on the fundamentals and must not be muddied by manipulation and the reporting of false data.

China has set 2020 as the target year to finish create a "moderately prosperous society," and a key goal of the target is to eradicate poverty in the country.

China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty over about 30 years, but in the coming years poverty relief work will become increasingly difficult as it nears its end.

Despite China's steady economic growth in recent decades, there were still 43.35 million people living in poverty at the end of last year.

Most of them are deemed as "the bottom of the pan," a term coined to describe those that will be hardest to lift out from poverty, since many are in areas without roads or power.

China has adopted a strategy of targeted poverty alleviation, meaning appropriate resources should be used on the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

However, certain local officials have been found to pass poverty work to lower levels regardless of difficulties, with some falsifying numbers to gain promotions, and preventing the poorest from benefiting from this concerted national drive.

In a government work report delivered at the annual parliamentary session earlier this month, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to carry out the strictest possible evaluations and assessments of poverty alleviation.