Once upon a time, the rural poor were the beating heart of China, welcomed gladly at the nation's top universities. Now almost none of them attend, and with so few opportunities, poor high-school ...

China's record of poverty reduction and growth is enviable China's record over the last quarter century in reducing extreme poverty has been remarkable Between 1981 and 2004, the fraction of the ...

China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty since 1978. The nation is aiming to eliminate poverty by 2020, according to the latest five-year plan, which targets 70 million remaining poor.

More and more farm produce from impoverished regions are getting on the dining tables of the Chinese, paving a road for many households to leave poverty.

Poor farming communities reap benefits of increased forest coverage in China as an outcome of the World Bank's Forestry Development in Poor Areas Project.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country – but it doesn’t appear that he’s celebrating yet.

Along the coast it is 124,800 yuan. China’s richest provincial-level unit, Beijing, is four times wealthier than its poorest, Gansu (see map). And the richest areas are pulling further ahead.