China's poverty standard may increase poverty to hundreds of millions of people

The poor are "being added" next year or up to 100 million authors Xiao Ming doesn't with the advent of the 2011, the western Province of poverty alleviation pressure increased.　　The reason for this is that China will raise the poverty standard to 1500 yuan per capita income in the first year of "Twelve-Five" planning, which is up 25% from the 2008 and 2009 1196-dollar poverty standard.　　As a effect, the total number of poor people in some central and western provinces will increase significantly compared with 2009 years, and the incidence of poverty will likely rise significantly. In Guizhou province, for example, 2000, the poverty of 8.9 million people, 2010 fell to 5.05 million people, the incidence of poverty is 16.5%, ranked second in the country.　　But if new standards are adopted, the poverty population of Guizhou will rise to 10 million in 2011, one times more than the current number.　　The National Poverty Alleviation Conference, held on December 21, pointed out that the task of poverty alleviation in the next decade is arduous and the pressure of returning to poverty is still great, affected by the serious threat of natural disasters and unbalanced development.　　The new standard is still lower than India's, despite the 2011-year new standard for poverty reduction, which is still low compared with international standards.　　A statistical system of people told reporters that a country's poverty standards, in addition to considering poverty standards, but also to consider the financial strength of the country, because the standard increase, means that the number of people need to reduce poverty. China's current poverty line is determined in 2008, the rural (per capita income) poverty standard of 1196 yuan, the rural poor population of 40.07 million people.　　2009 continued to implement the above standards, the Bureau of Statistics estimates that the end of the year rural poor population of 35.97 million people.　　The reporter learned that China's gross domestic product and GDP per capita have surpassed India by more than 3 times times, but even with the new standards, China's poverty standards are still lower than India's.　　The recent rise in India's poverty-reduction standards, roughly close to a per capita consumption of $1.2 a day (at purchasing-power parity), is closer to the World Bank's average daily consumption of $1.25 trillion.　　And China 2008, 2009 Rural (per capita net income) poverty standard of 1196 yuan, according to purchasing power parity calculation, only equivalent to 0.89 U.S. dollars per day level. Cao Wendao, the World Bank's China representative, told reporters that if a new 1500-dollar poverty standard is implemented, whether through purchasing power parity or exchange rate, China's poverty standards may be slightly lower than India's. "China's current efforts to raise poverty standards will result in increased poverty and increased financial pressure," he said. However, the improvement of poverty alleviation standards is mainly the connotation of poverty alleviation has changed.　　"To raise poverty standards is to make poor people better off, not to solve simple food and clothing problems," Cao Wendao said.　　The incidence of poverty in the West will increase the number of journalists understand that, after the country has raised poverty standards, some western provinces have been deprived of poverty, which has led to an increase in the overall incidence of poverty. Huang Chengwei, deputy director of China International Center for Poverty Alleviation, told reporters that raising poverty standards led to rising poverty rates and poor peopleIncrease is actually a normal phenomenon. "This does not mean that the economy has not developed, the living standard of the residents has not been improved, but the standard has been tightened." From 2001 to 2009, China's poverty alleviation and development achieved remarkable achievements.　　The rural poor fell from 94.23 million at the end of 2000 to 35.97 million in 2009, and the incidence of poverty dropped from 10.2% to 3.8%.　　Cao Wendao told reporters, raised to 1500 yuan standard, the total number of poor people in the country will increase, and then back to more than 90 million or even billions are possible.　　In specific regions, the pressure on poverty reduction in the West has increased. The data showed that the proportion of poor people in the West was 66% in 2009, up 5% from 2001 years.　　The proportion of poor people in Guizhou, Yunnan and Gansu reached 41%, an increase of 13% compared with 2001. According to the understanding, in the "Twelve-Five" period, because the price rise pressure than "Eleven-Five" big, China's poverty alleviation standards may have to rise.