Xi: Now is time to win poverty war

President sets goal of assisting 30 million people within 3 years

President Xi Jinping has called on boosting the quality of poverty relief efforts as the country targets 30 million more people it plans to lift out of poverty in the coming three years.

The pressure on and difficulty of conducting relief missions are intense, as are the unsettled diehard challenges they will face, Xi said at a symposium on Monday about poverty alleviation in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China.