Poverty alleviation

A fisherman cathes a fish on a lake in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Dec 29, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

China made progress in poverty alleviation in 2016 by adopting more targeted measures.

In early December, guidelines were issued calling for enhanced collaboration between developed eastern regions and under-developed western regions to bridge the regional development gap and meet 2020 poverty-reduction targets.

The country is on track to achieve the target of lifting 10 million people out of poverty this year.