On province's birthday, poverty reduction captures the spotlight

Hainan province is taking a series of steps to help eradicate poverty by 2020, in line with the central government's poverty reduction plan.

In the past five years, the local government helped 617,000 people got out of poverty, and another 83,000 people will follow suit this year.

Of Hainan's total population of 9.3 million, about 477,000 remained below the poverty line in 2017. The national poverty line is an annual income of 2,300 yuan ($366) per capita.