Rural-urban divide targeted
By Wu Jiao | China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-13 07:40
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A farmer harvests grain in Helan county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Thursday. As part of a decision made at the close of the third Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee yesterday in Beijing, the country set a goal to double per capita income of rural residents by 2020, from this year. Last year's level was 4,140 yuan ($606). Xinhua |
The major reform for rural areas unfolded by the top leadership yesterday aims to bridge the yawning urban-rural gap and spur growth amid a domestic and global economic slowdown, experts have said.
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