<p>Over 23 million people stepped out of poverty in China last year, said authorities.<br /></p>.<p>The number of people living below the poverty line in China was greatly reduced in 2012, as the country increased efforts to boost people's income, reported Xinhua citing new data.<br />China has a population of 1.3 billion. <br />The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday that last year saw some 23.39 million rural dwellers edge above the poverty line, currently set at 2,300 yuan ($365.83) in annual net income per capita. <br />The decrease brought the total number of impoverished rural residents to 98.99 million by the end of 2012, the data showed. <br />Rural poverty has been one of the major hurdles for the world's second-largest economy and most populated country. <br />In 2012, however, China boosted its rural residents' average per-capita net income to 7,917 yuan, up 10.7 percent year on year in real terms, according to data released earlier by the NBS. <br />Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Jan 18 announced a set of poverty-fighting plans for major regions including Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi.</p>
<p>Over 23 million people stepped out of poverty in China last year, said authorities.<br /></p>.<p>The number of people living below the poverty line in China was greatly reduced in 2012, as the country increased efforts to boost people's income, reported Xinhua citing new data.<br />China has a population of 1.3 billion. <br />The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday that last year saw some 23.39 million rural dwellers edge above the poverty line, currently set at 2,300 yuan ($365.83) in annual net income per capita. <br />The decrease brought the total number of impoverished rural residents to 98.99 million by the end of 2012, the data showed. <br />Rural poverty has been one of the major hurdles for the world's second-largest economy and most populated country. <br />In 2012, however, China boosted its rural residents' average per-capita net income to 7,917 yuan, up 10.7 percent year on year in real terms, according to data released earlier by the NBS. <br />Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Jan 18 announced a set of poverty-fighting plans for major regions including Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi.</p>