The 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18

China has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challengesAbout 775,000 officials have been sent to impoverished areas for poverty relief work, said the report

Similarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10To achieve the target, China needs to bring 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 year

From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan

The 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18The college is aiming to cultivate management personnel with a global vision and international competitiveness of tourism

"This new college is an incredibly exciting and innovative initiative," Koppell said when addressing the opening ceremony on MondayThe students also will have access to the quality teaching, research resources and electronic library resources with ASU, she added

That means that the students can enjoy American top university teaching resources without going abroad, said Wang Lin, head of the new collegeWith the professional courses taught in English, students will get double degrees, one from Hainan University and another from Arizona State University, if they successfully graduate from the college