反贫困是当今国际社会普遍关注的问题之一。在我国,随着经济、社会的发展和国家对反贫困的重视,我国乡村贫困人口由1978年的2.5亿减少到1994年的7000万,贫困发生率由30.7%下降到 7.7%。其中1978年到1985年为大幅度减少阶段,1985年以后是稳定减少阶段。应该说这种形势是喜人的。然而,《国家八七扶贫攻坚计划》的中心任务是,到2000年基本解决目前农村贫困人口温饱和消除绝对贫困。也就是说,从现在 Anti-poverty is one of the common concerns of the international community today. In our country, with the economic and social development and the state’s emphasis on anti-poverty, the rural poor in China have been reduced from 250 million in 1978 to 70 million in 1994, and the incidence of poverty has dropped from 30.7% to 7.7%. Among them, the period from 1978 to 1985 was a period of substantial reduction, and a period of steady reduction from 1985 onwards. It should be said that this situation is gratifying. However, the central task of the “National Poverty Alleviation Project in August 8” is to basically solve the current problem of food and clothing for the poor in rural areas and eliminate absolute poverty by the year 2000. In other words, from now on