Chinese leadership urges greater poverty relief efforts

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting Friday, calling for greater efforts to push forward poverty alleviation.

Members of the Political Bureau heard reports on provincial Party committees and governments' achievement and evaluation work on poverty relief in 2016 during the meeting, which was presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.