China to "basically eradicate poverty" in 10 years

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    BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China aims to "basically eradicate(根除) poverty" by 2020 while greatly raise its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Chinese Premier¹ Wen Jiabao said here Sunday.
    The State Council is drafting a new ten-year poverty-reduction plan (2011-2020), in which the current poverty line of 1,196 yuan per year (about 0.5 U.S. dollars a day) will be greatly raised, Wen told a panel meeting of the ongoing² session of the National People's Congress (NPC).
    The nation will intensify³ its poverty alleviation⁴ efforts through aids and development, focusing on large areas of destitute⁵ population, he said to a group of NPC deputies from Gansu, one of the poorest regions in China.
    According to the United Nations' standard of one dollar per person each day, China still has 150 million people under the poverty line.
    Wen said lack of water was the bottleneck⁶ for Gansu's social-economic development, urging the province to expand the use of water conservancy technology.
    Wen also urged the province to coordinate⁷ economic development with environmental protection, and reverse environmental degradation⁸ in Dunhuang, a historical city with world cultural heritage threatened by decertification.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)