Data collection helps lift people out of poverty

As China's fight against poverty enters a new phase of targeted solutions, Henan province has sharpened its review system to ensure poor people achieve and maintain real improvements.

Over the past five years, information has been collected from every village in the province to not only identify those in poverty, but also keep track of those who have improved their situation.

In some cases, people can slip back into poverty for various reasons such as the cost of medical treatment or financial loss due to natural disasters, said Zhu Fulin, information director from the Henan Provincial Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.