【背景材料】缓解和消除贫困,实现全体人民的共同富裕,是中国政府始终不渝的宗旨。在党和政府的领导下,我国的贫困人口大幅度减少:农村贫困人口已从1978年的2.5亿减少到2003年底的2900万,贫困人口占农村总人口的比例由30.7%下降为3%左右。贫困地区人民的生产生活条件明显改善, 【Background Materials】 It is the unswerving principle of the Chinese government to alleviate and eliminate poverty and achieve common prosperity for all people. Under the leadership of the party and the government, the number of poor people in our country has substantially decreased: the number of rural poor has decreased from 250 million in 1978 to 29 million by the end of 2003, and the proportion of poor people in the total rural population has dropped from 30.7% to about 3%. . The production and living conditions of people in poor areas have been significantly improved.