来自国务院扶贫办的最新数据显示,截至去年末,我国贫困人数下降至2365万,而改革之初的1978年,我国贫困人口有2.5亿。我国是全球唯一提前实现了联合国千年发展目标中使贫困人口减半目标的国家。世界银行行长保罗·沃尔福威茨去年10月访问我国时说:“中国的减贫成就举世瞩目。” According to the latest data from the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office, as of the end of last year, the number of poor in our country dropped to 23.65 million. At the beginning of the reform, in 1978, there were 250 million poor in our country. My country is the only country in the world that has achieved its goal of halving the poverty line in the UN Millennium Development Goals in advance. World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz visited China in October last year and said: “China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction.”