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						Tackling Rural Poverty ■ Farmers' Income Grows 11.4% in First Nine Months ■ Ecological Compensation Urged for Western Farmers ■ Gov't to Help 148,000 Villages Out of Poverty in 5 Years ■ China to Reward Farmers for Having Fewer Children ■ China's Largest Property Insurer to Set Up Agriculture Arm ■ China Makes Strides in Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas ■ China Sets Target for 'Super Wheat' Breeding ■ Henan Banks on Abundant Grain Output ■ For the Poor, Special Treatment ■ Another 2,000 Villagers to Take Blood Lead Level Test in NW China ■ Vice Premier Urges Modernization of Agriculture ■ 50 Mln People in China Still Lack Access to TV ■ 200,000 Bookstores to Be Set up for Farmers by 2010 ■ Rural Medical System Covers Nearly Half of Farmers ■ Rural Tourism Helps Poverty Alleviation in China ■ Left-behind Children Cause Concern ■ Measures Taken to Increase Arable Land ■ Less Fiscal Expenditure Goes to Farmers in 2005 ■ China's Poverty Line Is Too Low: Official ■ 100 Mln People Lifted Out of Poverty in China in 20 Years ■ Water Pollution Study Keeps Innovation in Mind ■ Low Income, Poverty and Aging - Rural Difficulties ■ China to Launch Second National Land Survey ■ Road Leads Poor Villages to Prosperity ■ Resettled Farmers to Get Financial Support ■ New Rules Hit Agricultural Exports ■ Chinese Bank Sees Chances in 'New Countryside' Initiative ■ China Aims to Raise Grain Output and Farm Incomes ■ Mainland Market Ripe for Taiwan Farmers ■ Taiwan Work Office to Hold Agriculture Forum ■ Farmers' Income Growth Set to Slow in Second Half Year ■ New Roads Transform Lives in Rural Areas ■ Law Adds Transparency to Land Transaction ■ China to Boost Rural Financial Reforms ■ 300 Mln Farmers Will Migrate to Cities in 20 Years ■ Large Taiwan Tea Farm Set up on Mainland ■ Illegal Land Use Must Be Controlled: Premier ■ China Kicks off Program to Build Village Libraries for 900 Mln Farmers ■ Cash Income of Chinese Farmers Up 11.9% ■ Inspectors to Stem Loss of Farmland ■ Farmers Benefit from Medical Project ■ Agriculture Tourism to Create 350,000 Jobs a Year in China ■ China's Farm Produce Price Down 1% in First Half ■ China Cracks Down on Fake Farm Goods ■ Top Advisor Stresses Faster Development of Ethnic Groups ■ Official Says China Faces 'Serious' Soil Pollution ■ Premier Wen Calls for Protection of Farmers' Incomes ■ Rural Commercial Bank Promises More Loans to SMEs ■ Farmers Encouraged to Set up Economic Cooperatives ■ Rabobank, IFC Acquire First Stakes in Chinese Rural Cooperative Bank ■ College Students Embark on 'New Countryside' Construction Drive ■ Party Promotes Effort to Improve Farmers' Lives ■ This Farmer Grows Robots ■ Science and Technology to Play Bigger Role in China's Agriculture ■ Quality of China's Agricultural Products Improved ■ China to Invest 50 Bln Yuan in Rural Projects ■ Cultivated Land Continues to Disappear ■ Gov't to Push Forward Rural Taxation Reform ■ Gov't Sets 7% Annual Growth Rate for Farm Produce Export ■ China's Grain Production Expected to Increase This Year ■ Central Budget Increases Investment in Farming to US$37 Bln ■ Vice Premier Stresses Strict Land Management ■ Chinese Official Calls for More Subsidies to Grain Growers ■ Droughts Root of Poverty ■ Rural Roads Plan to Link Remote Villages ■ Hu Emphasizes Change of Growth Pattern ■ China to Invest 17.5 Bln Yuan in Rural Road Construction ■ China to Reform Agricultural Tech Promotion Program ■ Building New Villages the S. Korean Way ■ China Offers Grain Growers 51.5 Bln Yuan ■ Over 60% of Land Use in Chinese Cities Illegal ■ China Solves Insecurity in Drinking Water ■ Chinese Mainland Opens 'Green Channel' for Taiwan Farm Produce ■ China's Top Advisory Body to Discuss Rural Construction, Innovation ■ Beijing to Abolish Traditional Plough Farming in 3 Years ■ China Urges Farmers to Raise Export Production Standards ■ Anti-poverty Project Improves Village Life ■ Farmers Encouraged to Start Business ■ China Pledges Greater Efforts in Poverty Elimination in Next Five Years ■ Plan for Disabled People Outlined 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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