Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2020 (9)

9. China eliminates absolute poverty

China lifted its remaining 5.51 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty in 2020.

In eight years, China has managed to eliminate absolute poverty.

Combo photo taken between July and October 2020 shows villagers, who used to be registered as impoverished households in over 20 cities and counties of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, smiling as they have benefited from the poverty alleviation industry. Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2020 9. China eliminates absolute poverty China lifted its remaining 5.51 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty in 2020. In eight years, China has managed to eliminate absolute poverty. (Xinhua)

Women walk to a blueberry planting base for work at Laoji Village of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2020 9. China eliminates absolute poverty China lifted its remaining 5.51 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty in 2020. In eight years, China has managed to eliminate absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

Doctor Huo Jianguo takes a villager's pulse in Luotuowan Village of Longquanguan Township, Fuping County, north China's Hebei Province, April 15, 2020. Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2020 9. China eliminates absolute poverty China lifted its remaining 5.51 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty in 2020. In eight years, China has managed to eliminate absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

Aerial photo taken on June 6, 2020 shows a resettlement community for relocated residents of Rasekam Village in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2020 9. China eliminates absolute poverty China lifted its remaining 5.51 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty in 2020. In eight years, China has managed to eliminate absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)