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						Western Development ■ WB to Improve Access to Water, Sanitation in West China ■ Research Throws Light on Lives of Rural Poor ■ Remote Border Regions to Be Developed ■ More Talents Cultivated for West Region's Development ■ Go West, More Opportunities There ■ IFAD Program Goal: Eradicate Poverty in Xinjiang ■ UNICEF Aid for Gansu Children ■ International Assistance for New Railway Projects ■ Railway Operates Smoothly for 100 Days ■ Promising Future for West Despite Economic Woes ■ 1st Nonstop Overseas Charter Flight Arrives in Tibet ■ Political Consultants Hold Workshop on 'Go West' Strategy ■ W. China Development Strategy Bears Fruit ■ Qinghai-Tibet Line: An Instrument of Change ■ Tibet's New Railway to Extend to China-Nepal Border ■ CPPCC Leader Urges Rapid Development of China's Minority Areas ■ Golmud - Lost in Transportation ■ Goods Transported in and out of Tibet to Hit 2.8 Mln Tons in 2010 ■ Tibetan Tourism Office Advises Delaying Trips ■ 18-Million-Yuan Sci-Tech Products Reach Tibet ■ Controversial Plan to Tap Tibetan Waters ■ Qinghai-Tibet Railway Boosts Tourism in Tibet ■ Tibet to Improve Housing Conditions ■ More Than 4,000 Tourists a Day Take Train to Tibet ■ Test Flight to Tibet's Third Civil Airport Successful ■ Qinghai-Tibet Railway Result of Scientific Development ■ Booming Tibetan Tourism No Threat to Environment ■ Hu Expects Qinghai-Tibet Rail to Promote W. China's Prosperity ■ US$20 Bln to Input to 12 Key Projects in W. China ■ Train to Lhasa Concludes Maiden Trip ■ Lhasa Ready to Receive First Train ■ Tibetans Should Hold on to Yak Dung ■ Beijing-Lhasa Train Tickets Selling Fast ■ Funds for Environmental Projects for Tibet Railway Well Spent ■ 1st Train Schedules for Qinghai-Tibet Railway ■ Earthquake Warning System for Qinghai-Tibet Railway ■ World's Highest Railway Stirs National Pride ■ Terminal Station of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Completed ■ China, India to Reopen Border Trade ■ Qinghai-Tibet Railway Facilitates Local Tourism ■ Tibet's 3rd Civil Airport to Begin Service in July ■ 'Tomorrow Plan' Helps More Chinese Disabled Orphans ■ China Starts Mapping Its Largest Area of Uninhabited Land ■ Chinese Leader Urges More Research on Tibet ■ Environmental Damage Changes Tibetan Nomad Lifestyle ■ Tibet Receives 256,000 Tourists During May Day Holiday ■ More Than 50,000 University Graduates Sign to Work in Western Provinces ■ Tibetan Farmers Promised Higher Income, Better Living Conditions ■ First Scheduled Trains to Tibet Arranged ■ Tibet's Third Civil Airport Ready for Operation ■ Methane Helps Relieve Energy Dearth in Rural Tibet ■ 6,500 University Graduates Heading West as Volunteers ■ Huge Statue of Mao Zedong Stands in Tibet County ■ Xinjiang to Develop China's Major Wind Power Project ■ State Aid Promotes Tibet's Development ■ Tibet's 1st Railway to Start Unmanned Operation ■ Global Warming Coming to Tibet? ■ Trade Fair Brings Investment to West China ■ Western China Tries to Balance Environment and Development ■ Population in Xinjiang Reaches 20.10 Mln ■ Germany-funded Poverty-relief Project Initiated in Xinjiang ■ Mongolian Population Increases in N. China Region ■ Tibet's Resident Population Reaches 2.76 Mln ■ Qinghai-Tibet Railway Prepared for Test Run in July ■ Chairman of Aid Tibet Development Foundation Elected ■ Law on Western Development in Pipeline ■ Foundation to Attract 'Conditional Aid' ■ Trains Are A Cheaper Way to See Tibet ■ Inner Mongolia to Spend US$51.8 Mln on Medical Care Services ■ Qinghai to Invest US$173 Mln in Minority Education ■ Payout Scheme for Animal Attack Victims ■ Wetland in Tibet Under Effective Protection ■ W. China Sets up Agriculture Information Network ■ Guangxi Reports New Achievements in Poverty Reduction ■ Tibet Sees Double-digit Growth in Farmers' Income ■ Gansu Saves Medical Expenses for Rural Needy People ■ Inner Mongolia Gets US$2.5 Bln on Railway Construction ■ NW China's Xinjiang Boasts Thousands of Scenic Spots ■ China Spends Hugely to Promote Compulsory Schooling in Ethnic Minority Areas ■ WB Loans Used to Build Highways in Xinjiang 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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