China to relocate 2 mn people in fight against poverty

Reuters reports that China, fighting to stamp out poverty, will this year move more than two million of its poorest citizens from remote, inland regions to more developed areas, an official of State Council said on Tuesday. The mass relocation of people is a strategy targeted at lifting 10 million citizens out of poverty by 2020. Some of the villagers will move to areas with better social services, such as schools and hospitals, while others in remote areas will move to places with better roads and water supply. The numbers would be stepped up gradually and may eventually hit 3 million.