Ethnic poverty rate reduced

VILLAGERS apply grafts to kumquat seedlings at a greenhouse in Gulantun Village in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. XINHUA

The number of people living in poverty in eight Chinese ethnic minority concentrated provinces and regions has fallen from more than 30 million to 6 million in the past six years, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission said on Tuesday.

These provinces and regions include the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province and Qinghai Province.

The incidence of poverty in these regions fell from 31.21 million in 2012 to 6.03 million in 2018, or 20.8 percent to 4 percent.

The production and living conditions of people of all ethnic groups have also improved markedly, according to the commission.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the central government has attached great importance to poverty alleviation in ethnic minority areas.

China has stepped up efforts to increase funding and send more people to help impoverished people.