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						Policies & Regulations ■ China to Revise Law Interpretation on Differentiated Personal Injury Compensation ■ Wen Hears Farmers' Concerns on 11th Five-Year Plan ■ Rights of HIV/AIDS Patients Spelt Out ■ China Abolishes Agricultural Tax Three Years Ahead of Schedule ■ Needy People Happy with Govt's Charity Program ■ Regular Govt Relief for 50 Million Poor ■ NGOs Arrowed for Village-level Poverty Relief ■ Legal Aid Helped 430,000 Chinese in 2005 ■ Support Called for Anti-poverty Program ■ China's Legislature Abolishes 2,600-year-old Agricultural Tax ■ China to Abolish More Than 2,000 Years Old Agricultural Tax ■ China Amends Criminal Law for Gender Balance of Population ■ 14 Mln Laid-off Workers Reemployed in Three Years ■ Party on Rural Development, Fighting Corruption ■ China to Improve Pension System ■ China to Further Expand Employment ■ Wen Calls for Coordinated Development ■ New Family Planning Policy Introduced ■ Arable Land to Be Further Protected in Next 5 Years ■ Law to Better Safeguard Disabled Citizens ■ Leadership to Adjust Growth Model, Focus on Wealth Gap ■ China to Boost Vocational Education ■ China to Set Up Injury-monitoring Network ■ Central Government Earmarks US$197 Million for Ethnic Minorities ■ More Flats for Lower-income Families Urged ■ Income Tax Amendments Hearing to Be Held ■ Premier Wen Urges Further Reforms for China ■ China Publishes Gender Equality White Paper ■ Social Security to Cover College Students Medical Care ■ Premier: Women, Children's Situation a Measure of Progress ■ NPC to Discuss Personal Income Tax Amendment ■ Ethnic Region Experiments with Democratic Election ■ Regulation to Protect Henan Migrant Workers ■ Premier Wen Highlights Independent Innovations ■ College Grads Encouraged to Head West ■ China Revises Land Development Plan ■ More Relief Planned for China's Poor ■ Compensation for Three Gorges Resettled Residents ■ Vice Premier Urges Support for Summer Harvest ■ Tax Exemption for Charities ■ Family Planning Rewards Boost Rural Social Security ■ Chinese Premier: Grain Prices to Remain Stable ■ 850bn Yuan Earmarked for Ethnic Minority Areas ■ Concerted Efforts Urged to Reduce Poverty ■ More Budget Funds for Re-employment ■ Non-governmental Sectors Urged to Help Tackle Poverty ■ China All Out Helping Small Minorities Out of Poverty ■ More Aid for Ethnic Minorities ■ Outline Set for Developing China's Western Regions ■ Hui Calls for Employment Improvement for the Disabled ■ Finance Minister on Poverty Alleviation, Financial Policy ■ China to Maintain Steady Economic Development ■ Vice Premier Urges Coordinated, Sustainable Development ■ Gov't Eyes Medical Aid for Low-income Residents ■ Respecting, Protecting Rights of Handicapped: Hui ■ China Social Security Fund Announces Total Assets ■ New Work Safety Minister Discusses Plans ■ Fiscal Policy to Help Build Harmony ■ Healthcare System Desperate for Remedy ■ Education, Enterprise Innovation Proposed at CPPCC ■ Better Charity Laws, Incentives Needed ■ Tibet Balancing Economy and Ecology ■ All Agricultural Taxes to Be Scrapped in 2006 ■ Ethnic Minorities White Paper Published ■ Calls to Address Aging Population ■ Legal Aid Volunteer Corps to Expand ■ Hu: Building Harmonious Society Top on Agenda ■ President Hu Visits Guizhou ■ Premier Vows to Build Harmonious Society ■ Govt Urges Caring for Needy Farmers ■ Hu: Develop Poor Areas in Scientific Way ■ Social Security Umbrella Covers More People ■ State's Aims to Strengthen Agricultural Capacity ■ China to Beef Up Efforts on Poverty Reduction ■ Boarding Schools to Be Built for Rural West ■ Deputies Call on Government to Step Up Social Security ■ Grain Production Macro-controls to Be Enforced ■ 'Go West' Campaign to Accelerate ■ Population Control Policy to Continue ■ Social Security Umbrella Shelters Poor Back Home   Back to China's War on Poverty
			Developing modern agriculture is the Chinese government's top priority in building a new socialist countryside, according to a document jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. Eighteen children pose for a picture at a village in Ziyun Miao and Buyi Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, January 22. Among them, twelve children's parents left the village to work in big cities in coastal areas. Chinese farmers saw their net incomes grow to 3,587 yuan ($460) last year, representing the third consecutive year of 6 percent year-on-year growth.   Global Conference on Reducing Poverty - Shanghai Conference Unveils Agenda for Poverty Reduction - Shanghai Agenda on Poverty Reduction - China Promises Common Prosperity for All People Poverty Reduction Reports China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Annual Report 2001 BBS China's War on Poverty Links China Development Gateway National Bureau of Statistics of China China Charity Federation (CCF) China Youth Development Foundation Planet Finance China Minstry of Civil Affairs (in Chinese) China Poverty Alleviation Network (in Chinese)

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