China's leaders have set an ambitious 5% economic growth target this year. But poorer people in the aging countryside have been left behind even as the rest of China's economy has risen.

Where there’s production there’s always money. Looked at through the prism of China, its people were once poor because they weren’t allowed to do things associated with not being poor.

China said it will give one-off cash handouts to people in extreme poverty before Tuesday, in a rare announcement of direct aid just a day after unveiling a sweeping program to stimulate the world ...

China's success in poverty reduction can be largely attributed to its inclusive adoption of international best practices, as ...

Sun Junli is one of many small-business owners, the backbone of China’s economy, who lost everything to a change in government policy.

A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most ...

The Chinese government urged local officials to provide more financial relief or step up one-time allowances to people in need ahead of major holidays over the next month, as China's economic ...

Associated Press How you feel about China may depend on how rich — or poor — your own country is The gap apparently is widest among China’s neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, according to ...

HEFEI, China—More than one in five young people in China are jobless. The government casts much of the blame on the job seekers themselves, insisting that their expectations have gotten too high ...

China has included poverty alleviation in its Five-sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy; worked to ensure that secretaries of Party committees at the provincial, city ...

China's New Silk Road project is lending out billions to countries in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa to build and upgrade railways, ports, pipelines, power grids and highways. Above: A ...

VCG. Editor's Note: This year marks the concluding year of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and is also a critical ph ...