The CCP CC Politburo and China's State Council on June 1, released guidelines on winning the battle against poverty over the next three years. It unveiled an ambitious plan "to lift a further 300 million people out of poverty in the next three years".

For comparison’s sake: That’s one fifth of China’s population. And on their own, that many people would be the fourth-largest country in the world.

(Comment: Poverty Alleviation is Xi jinping is one of signature campaigns. It means providing the people (i) guaranteed food and clothing, (ii) guaranteed nine-year compulsory education for children, and (iii) guaranteed basic medical needs and living conditions. It also means extending the infrastructure network so that all counties have electricity, all villages should have buses, and 90% of poor villages should have internet.