An article by President Xi Jinping on poverty alleviation will be published by the Qiushi Journal on May 1.
China's Central SOEs Industrial Investment Fund for Poor Areas had invested in 91 projects in poverty-stricken areas by the end of March, with total investment of 22.58 billion yuan (about $3.2 billion), official data showed on April 14.
Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua, also chief of the State Council leading group of poverty alleviation and development, made an inspection tour in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region from April 18 to 20.
Promoting industries and recruiting poor farmers and local graduates to work for them have become an important way for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to achieve stable employment and increase incomes in its southern prefectures.