Farmers are turning away from educating their children beyond compulsory schooling, a gap that could lead to a human capital ...

A new plan to boost rural revitalization in China outlines measures to develop agricultual sectors and improve livelihoods of rural residents.

To put things in perspective, the annual disposable per capita income among rural residents in China is about 20,000 RMB," Mu Zheng, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the National ...

In the country’s vast rural regions, officials armed with poverty relapse dossiers are struggling to track and help the vulnerable avoid destitution. China salesman sleeps in car to save money ...

Rich, poor, urban, rural We focus on the evolution of urban-rural income inequality in 100 urban areas and 100 adjacent rural areas because this type of inequality is estimated to account for 75 ...

For example, $1.08 a day at 1993 purchasing power parity represents 1.53 yuan a person in China, which is equivalent to 2.42 yuan at 1999 prices; this is the rural poverty line used for the 1999 ...

With rural communities across the nation ... For instance, in Julu county, once classified as a poverty-stricken area in North China's Hebei province, the typical bride price ranges from 100,000 ...

Today, most rural Chinese have better diets ... in anti-poverty drive Despite this huge progress, millions of poor people in China struggle to meet their needs. In 2016 - the most recent year ...

BEIJING -- China has allocated 6.66 billion yuan ... populations to build on their achievements in poverty reduction and advance rural revitalization. Greater efforts will be made to improve ...

Doctors, medical students shun China's rural healthcare system Ageing villagers ... Not to tackle villagers' healthcare needs raises poverty and life expectancy risks in their communities, said ...