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Forty years after China started its reform and opening-up, more than 18 million rural residents have shaken off poverty in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

革开放40年来，位于中国南部的广西壮族自治区已有1800多万农村人口脱贫。

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The life of her family began to change after a targeted poverty relief project was introduced to the village.

在一项精准扶贫项目引入村里后，她的家庭生活开始发生变化。

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Poverty fell sharply after the Depression, before the War on Poverty, declining from 32% in 1950 to 22.4% in 1959 to 12.1% in 1969, soon after the War on Poverty programs became effective.

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For it has gone from being a measure of poverty after alleviation to being one of poverty before alleviation.

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But with the economy set to grow by up to 7% this year, and tens of millions of Brazilians consuming more after leaving poverty, investing in more power generation is essential.

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