White paper details journey to prosperity
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To mark the success, the State Council Information Office released on Tuesday a white paper titled "China's Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity".
It said the Engel coefficient-the proportion of money in household expenses spent on food-of urban residents was down from 57.5 percent in 1978 to 29.2 percent in 2020, and that of rural residents dropped in that period from 67.7 percent to 32.7 percent.