Similarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10To achieve the target, China needs to brinbet9智能网址g more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one million people per month or 20 people per minute9 million people out of poverty each year" (Aug 29, 2017)China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty[Photo/Xinhua]Poverty reliefAn ambitious poverty reduction campaign is seeking to change this, ensuring by 2020 that no one is living in poverty - defined by the government as less than 2,300 yuan ($349) a yearbet9智能网址From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan