Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (C rear) addresses a meeting on east-west collaboration for poverty reduction in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 29, 2017. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, who attended the meeting Tuesday, said east-west collaboration needs to be strengthened in accordance with the poverty reduction target.
The two sides should expand cooperation to more sectors with more innovative measures, he said.
Eastern regions will make more room for industrial development while the western regions can quicken pace of poverty eradication, said Wang.
China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty.
To achieve the target, China needs to bring more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one million people per month or 20 people per minute.
