On poverty alleviation day, as many as 310 central government organs were arranged with targeted poverty relief work for 592 key counties that receive relief and preferential policies,” Zheng Wenkai, deputy director of the Poverty Alleviation and Development office, said.  Wenkal has said that China helped nearly 40 million poor rural residents overcome poverty last year.

The government will use the upcoming “Poverty-Relief Day” to provide funds, labor and other help to industries such as energy and e-commerce, both big factors in helping develop poor areas, in poverty-stricken counties.

China vows to reduce the number of rural people in poverty by 10 million this year, on the eve of China Poverty Alleviation Day.