About 26.1 million Chinese people are still in abject poverty in rural areas and 22 million urban residents live on minimum living allowance, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju said on Tuesday.
China, the world's most populous country with a population of 1.3 billion, has set its poverty line at an annual per-capita income of 668 yuan (81 US dollars).
According to Li, there are still another 49.77 million rural people with an annual per-capita income of less than 924 yuan (112US dollars).
