beijing wang qin 59 collect scrap demolish residential district outskirts beijing work 15 hours day struggle pay granddaughter education worry home small illegally construct shack live granddaughter mentally ill husband might also bulldoze local authorities family live 1,500 yuan 228 month wang make sell scrap receive assistance beijing government migrants another province recognize residents capital despite live since 2014. since register beijing wang pay things like school medical care hardship migrants cities cost house also far high countryside every month still need live still need pay school fee child food drink every day say wang come beijing try escape grind poverty village henan province central china take whole body ache earn money wang plight common one among millions poor migrants china big cities well rural areas many come highlight challenge government campaign wipe extreme poverty 2020. president xi jinping make campaign one signature policy issue pledge 2015 china would lift 70 million people live poverty level time poverty 2020. campaign ratchet communist party prepare hold twice-a-decade leadership meet wednesday country place unprecedented amount effort alleviate poverty liu yongfu head government lead group poverty alleviation development say news conference beijing tuesday president xi jinping personally command visit areas concentrate poverty china add active participation part society say battle poverty achieve significant result ask reuters people like wang scrap collector liu say migrants could receive benefit hometowns note city dwellers cover urban social security program beijing pledge spend 86 billion yuan poverty alleviation year 30 percent last year accord ministry finance liu say direct spend central local governments poverty alleviation 2013 2017 total 461.2 billion yuan add type government spend also impact fund use infrastructure project well subsidies education health care rural agriculture government poverty line income 2,300 yuan per year end 2016 43.35 million people still officially government goal lift 10 million poverty year rate country 2020 least officially rid serious poverty program credit increase attention give countryside improve things like rural infrastructure president world bank jim yong kim thursday say china achievement lift 800 million people poverty since 1990 one great stories human history many researchers social workers say campaign address serious problems face china poor personally really agree government set 2020 poverty alleviation target say yang lixiong professor renmin university beijing study issue supportive policies relieve poverty short term long-term perspective easily fall back poverty yang say half residents lift poverty western regions would slip back poverty line government support remove yang say enough attention pay long-term issue access school health care poverty reduce long period time say poverty eliminate impossible eliminate say yang central government officials acknowledge challenge say include poor implementation policies misuse fund local level also say program narrowly focus order address press problems poor rural residents insist much effort go improve health care education first need win battle resolve current problems say liu respond question reuters whether program would continue beyond 2020. wu chen founder beijing-based social resources institute work dalinggou village hebei province say development rural areas face challenge like empty countryside people move cities look work environmental destruction lack capital dalinggou plaster slogans call village win war poverty aim mind local government build new pave road village last month instal solar-powered street light wu say huge improvement rural infrastructure wide information culture gap rural poor urbanites remain major challenge villagers escape poverty term income also information ability poverty 6.5785 chinese yuan renminbi china step war poverty though still leave behind