中华人民共和国成立以来,党和政府始终把解决贫困人口的温饱问题作为重要任务,取得了巨大成就。特别是改革开放以来,我国扶贫开发工作进展之快,成效之大,为世界所瞩目。20多年间,全国有2.18亿贫困人口解决了温饱问题,贫困地区的基本生产生活条件明显改善,经济社会面貌发生了深刻变化。但是,贫困问题在我国依然存在,跨入新世纪之后,我们仍然面临着艰巨的扶贫开发任务。一、新世纪初叶扶贫开发的客观必然性扶贫开发仍是我国21世纪经济工作的重要方面之一。党中央明确指出,扶贫开发是建设有中国特色社会主义伟大事业的一项历史任务,解决群众温饱问题只是 Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the party and government have made tremendous achievements in addressing the issue of adequate food and clothing for the poor people all along. Since the reform and opening up, the work of poverty alleviation and development in our country has made rapid progress and achieved great results, attracting worldwide attention. In more than 20 years, 218 million poor people across the country have solved the problem of food and clothing. The basic conditions of production and living in impoverished areas have obviously improved and profound changes have taken place in the economy and society. However, the problem of poverty still exists in our country. After entering the new century, we still face the arduous task of helping the poor. I. Objective Necessity of Poverty Alleviation and Development in the Beginning of the New Century As the poverty alleviation and development is still one of the important aspects of China’s economic work in the 21st century, The Central Committee of the Party made it clear that poverty alleviation and development are a historic task in building the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Solving the problem of food and clothing for the masses is only