China's most populous province in Henan declares that there are no more impoverished counties
China News Agency, Zhengzhou, February 28 (Reporter Li Guigang) Henan, a province with a population of more than 100 million, officially announced on the 28th that there are no more poverty-stricken counties. All 53 poverty-stricken counties have achieved poverty alleviation.
The Henan Provincial Government Information Office announced the same day that 14 poverty-stricken counties, including Songxian County, Lu's County, and Xichuan County, Henan Province, had officially lifted off poverty. So far, all 53 poverty-stricken counties in Henan have been lifted out of poverty, and there are no more poverty-stricken counties in Henan.
Shi Bingrui, director of the Henan Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, reported that in accordance with the relevant procedures and standards for the withdrawal of poor counties, after county application, municipal first review, provincial verification, third-party assessment, social publicity, and research at the executive meeting of the provincial government, Songxian, Ru 14 counties including Yang County, Lushan County, Fan County, Taiqian County, Lushi County, Nanzhao County, Xichuan County, Sheqi County, Tongbai County, Huaibin County, Shangcai County, Pingyu County, Queshan County, etc. Nationally determined poverty counties to withdraw from poverty counties.
According to the report, so far, Henan has achieved a total of 6.511 million rural poor out of poverty and 9484 poor villages have withdrawn. The incidence of poverty has dropped from 8.79% at the end of 2013 to 0.41% at the end of 2019.
Shi Bingrui said that all the poverty-stricken counties in Henan's 53 poverty-stricken counties were a major achievement in the struggle against poverty in Henan and an important historical node in the process of poverty-reduction in Henan, which marked that Henan had entered a new development stage of no-poverty counties.
Shi Bingrui said that as of now, there are 350,000 poor people in Henan and 52 poor villages have not withdrawn from poverty.
"Half-nine-miles are half-ninety." Wang Qinghua, secretary of the CPC ’s Lu ’s County Party Committee, said that Lu ’s County is one of Henan ’s four deeply impoverished counties, or an old revolutionary district. Although Lushi County has eliminated the absolute poverty problem under the current standards as scheduled, the practical challenges such as the low level of county-level industries, insufficient support and support capabilities, and inadequate development foundation, as well as the burdensome follow-up management tasks for ex-situ poverty alleviation and resettlement are still present. Urgent task before Lushi County.
It is known that there are 94,900 poor households in Lushi County. Since 2015, the incidence of poverty in Lushi County is as high as 18.9%, ranking first in the province; there are 118 deep-poor villages, accounting for nearly 10% of the province. one. (Finish)