At the press conference held by the Press Office of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, it was stated that the income of those who escaped poverty in the region increased rapidly in 2022.
In the statement, it was reported that the number of citizens whose annual income did not exceed 2021 thousand yuan (approximately 10 dollars) in the region in 1470 reached 950 thousand, and in 2022 this figure decreased by 72.9 percent to 257 thousand.
In the statement, it was stated that various measures were taken to increase the income of citizens in the region, including the development of private agricultural sectors in rural areas and the promotion of employment.
In the statement, it was noted that efforts will be made to realize the target of the annual income of all citizens in the region to exceed 2024 thousand yuan by 10.