As of May 2019, 18 poor counties (cities and districts) in Anhui Province have withdrawn from the sequence of poor counties.
The exited poor counties are Yingshang County, Shou County, Qianshan City, Susong County, Dangshan County, Lingbi County, Siachen County, Yu'an District of Lu'an City, Shucheng County, Lixin County, Eddy County, Yongqiao District of Suzhou City, Yingquan District of Fuyang City, Yingzhou District of Fuyang City, Taihe County, Jieshou City, Dingyuan County, and Jin'an District of Lu'an City.
Poverty alleviation achievements
On February 13, 2019, the National Health Commission held a regular briefing to introduce China's medical counterpart support. Since 2016, the state has identified 963 tertiary-level hospitals to establish "one-to-one" support relationships with 1,180 county-level hospitals in 834 impoverished counties.
By the end of 2018, full coverage of telemedicine has been realized for county hospitals in all national-level impoverished counties, and more than 400 hospitals in impoverished counties have become Grade 2A hospitals.
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Anhui Province Poverty Eradication Survey
Provincial verification results show that the comprehensive poverty incidence rate of the 18 counties (municipalities and districts) is less than 2%, the rate of wrongly retiring the population from poverty is less than 2%, the rate of omission of the poor population is less than 2%, and the degree of public acceptance is higher than 90%, and all the poverty-stricken villages have been listed. The growth rate of disposable income per capita of rural residents is higher than the provincial average.
Infrastructure construction has improved significantly, indicators in the main areas of basic public **** services at the grassroots level have reached or are close to the average level of the province, the overall deployment of poverty eradication is in line with the requirements of the central government and its own actuality, major policies and measures are in place, and the follow-up help programs and consolidation and enhancement work are organized and powerful measures.
China People's Broadcasting Station - 18 poor counties in Anhui Province "hat"