Table 1 Poverty-stricken population and incidence of poverty in China and key counties

Year	New poverty line (Yuan)	Nationwide		Key counties for poverty alleviation
		Poor population (10000)	Incidence of poverty (%)	Poor population (10000)	Incidence of poverty (%)
2000	865	9422	10.2
2001	872	9030	9.8
2002	869	8645	9.2	4828	24.3
2003	882	8517	9.1	4709	23.7
2004	924	7587	8.1	4193	21
2005	944	6432	6.8	3611	18
2006	958	5698	6	3110	15.4
2007	1067	4320	4.6	2620	13
2008	1196	4007	4.2	2421	11.9
2009	1196	3597	3.6	2175	10.7