Saturday 31 January 2009

The total elimination of poverty calls for "deep reform"

The total elimination of poverty calls for "deep reform"

"2005 World Social Situation: the plight of inequality," the survey report said, although in many areas, especially in Asia is enjoying unprecedented economic growth, but 80% of the world's wealth is 20% of the world population control, today's world more unequal than a decade ago.

The report shows that global development is not balanced basic bottleneck lies in the fact that the Western industrialized countries have more than two-thirds of global resources and backward developing countries to become cheap labor output or market, the interest of global development, the majority of flow into the pockets of the rich developed countries.

State Council Development Research Center, Deputy Minister of Rural XIE Yang said, it is clear that from a global perspective, unreasonable trade rules exacerbated the poverty gap.

"Tenth Five-Year" period, China's accession to WTO to use the opportunity to actively participate in improving the rules of global trade negotiations and talks, the maximum for the interests of developing countries, efforts to create a fair and reasonable external development environment, positive progress has been made, but China's economic aggregate and high-speed compared to the level of development, but also does not match.

Recalling the country, according to standards established by the United Nations poverty, the poverty-stricken population in China accounted for about 10 percent of the total population, the eradication of poverty has entered the so-called "bottleneck stage." At this stage, the Government of adequate food and clothing and consolidation facing the dual pressures of food and clothing, it is necessary to complete the eradication of poverty touches on some deep-seated systemic issues.

Lu Xueyi said: "The poor not only because of poverty and the concept behind them, but some policy due to discrimination. To say the concept behind precisely because those who hinder the integration of urban and rural reform outdated. Also the poor to 'the starting point for a fair', should be the fundamental goal of poverty eradication. "

Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council official said, "Eleventh Five-Year" period, the central authorities on "five balances", building a harmonious society and building a socialist new countryside and other important ideas, will be further translated into concrete benefits for poverty alleviation and development policies and measures, such as through the financial distribution system, rural infrastructure and rural education, medical, cultural and other social undertakings, will receive strong support, many rural areas to urban resources radiation. 2010 per capita GDP will double that of 2000 to achieve the objective, the "Outline of China's rural poverty alleviation and development" commitment to the fundamental solution to the existing poor people will also be on schedule to achieve the goal, then, more Chinese people will enjoy the "development zone to happiness. "