Highlights of news conference on poverty alleviation

Liu Yongfu, head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, takes questions regarding winning the last battle against poverty at a news conference during the second session of the 13th National People's Congress on March 7, 2019.

Here are the highlights:

China sets sights on poverty alleviation victory

China has set a target to reduce the rural poor population by more than 10 million and take 300 counties off the country's list of impoverished areas in 2019. This is an important year for winning the tough battle against poverty by 2020.

In the past six years China lifted more than 80 million rural poor out of poverty, with the rural poor population down from 98.99 million at the end of 2012 to 16.6 million at the end of last year.