Under a higher threshold, almost a fifth of China’s population would be considered to be living in poverty, World Bank estimates showed.

The country has lifted more than 700mn people out of indigence, but some doubt Xi Jinping’s claim that the mission is complete ...

In 1978, on the eve of China’s economic take-off, the average household’s assets were worth barely $1,500 in today’s money. Now, that figure has reached about $170,000, a hundred-fold real increase.

A book about how the Communist Party of China (CPC) secured victory in China's fight against poverty under the leadership of ...

As a global problem, poverty poses a severe threat to all humanity. The ideal of reducing and eradicating poverty is rightly put in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Top on the ...

In a world grappling with persistent poverty, China has emerged as a global model for successful poverty eradication—lifting nearly 800 million people out of extreme poverty since 1978. This ...