Priorities: Rural fixes, poverty war

Leadership vows to bring farmers sense of gain, happiness, security

China has mapped out plans for rural vitalization and poverty relief in the next few years to give the people more of a sense of gain, the top leadership of the Communist Party of China decided at a meeting on Thursday.

The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping, reviewed a blueprint of the rural vitalization strategy (2018-22) and another guideline of the three-year action plan on winning the battle against poverty.