This is about extreme poverty 450rmb per month - 69 USD, worldbank definition from article is 57 USD. These folks are still poor as fuck. Here's 2019 individual

This is about extreme poverty 450rmb per month - 69 USD, worldbank definition from article is 57 USD. These folks are still poor as fuck. Here's 2019 individual income data for comparison: https://i.imgur.com/0tHsfxW.png https://i.imgur.com/0tHsfxW.png https://i.imgur.com/NCODvJY.png https://i.imgur.com/NCODvJY.png (under 450 exist because obviously not everyone employed, poverty alleviation has househould income calculations) 60% population still on less than USD 3700 per year. Very rough napkin estimate is bottom 60% generates 20% of GDP. The downside is there are still a lot of poor people in China, plurality in fact. Upside is they are so poor that the rest of the economy could elevate their conditions, but not by too much, so interventions must be strategic. Still a lot of work ahead.