Some local govts creating problems in their bids to meet poverty deadline

WITH LESS THAN THREE YEARS TO GO before 2020, the deadline set by the central government for the elimination of poverty nationwide, some grassroot governments have exhausted almost all their funds in their bids to increase the incomes of impoverished families in their jurisdictions so as to ensure no one is left in poverty by 2020. People's Daily comments:

Some local governments offer subsidies in various forms to families that are registered as poverty-stricken ones. The families are expected to use the money to start businesses that can become reliable sources of revenue for them.

However, with various government departments offering them money, some impoverished families just stay at home doing nothing while awaiting the arrival of new funds.