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China may eradicate poverty by 2050
www.chinanews.cn 2006-02-09 09:23:32
(Source: Xinhuanet)
BEIJING, Feb. 9 - In 2050, 1.3 billion Chinese will live in a moderately
developed society, with a minimum monthly income of 1,300 U.S. dollars,
an average life-expectancy of more than 80 years and social services
available to all, according to a new report.
The blueprint was drawn up by a research team with the Chinese Academy of
Sciences. Using statistics provided by national institutes and world
organizations, the report said that by then, no one in China will live
with an annual income of less than 668 yuan (81 U.S. dollars) per capita,
the country's absolute poverty line.
He Chuanqi, head of the research team who compiled the report, told
Xinhua that to attain this goal, China should follow two stages of social
transformation. It should first turn into a city-based industrialized
society from the present agricultural one, and then step into a
knowledge-oriented society with rural and urban areas developing at the
same rate.
By 2050, 80 percent of the urbanization work in China will have been
completed, the researcher said.
He added that the social transformation will also bring great changes to
peoples' life-styles, as 80 percent of the population would have access
to information industry services, 50 percent could afford overseas travel
and 50 percent would own private cars.
However, he was keen to point out that the current situation is still not
that optimistic. The economic index of China in 2001 equaled that of the
United States 100 years ago. China is lagging far behind developed
countries in terms of urbanization, life-expectancy and adult literacy.
He also noted that the social transformation will change peoples'
opinions and life-styles, thus evoking controversy and provoking social
problems.
"Chinese society is now undergoing the first stage of its transformation
towards an industrialized society," He said, adding the economic
modernization in China has been faster than the social modernization over
the past 50 years.
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