民族地区的消除贫困与“两个共同”的关系贫困是一个世界性的难题,逐渐消除贫困是我们党和政府的现实目标并且为之进行了长期不懈的努力。在过去的20多年中,我国在这方面取得了世界瞩目的成就。按我国确定的国家贫困线统计,农村贫困人口从1978年的2.5亿下降至2002年的2820万人;农村贫困人口比例从31.6%下降为3.5%。即使加上低收入农民人口5825万,也仅占农村总人口 Eradicating Poverty in Ethnic Areas and “Two Commonalities” Relationship Poverty is a worldwide dilemma. Gradually eliminating poverty is the realistic goal of our party and government and we have worked tirelessly and unrelentingly for it. In the past 20 years or so, our country has made remarkable achievements in this field in the world. According to the national poverty line set by China, the rural poor population dropped from 250 million in 1978 to 28.2 million in 2002; the proportion of rural poor population dropped from 31.6% to 3.5%. Even with the low-income peasant population of 58.25 million, it only accounts for the total rural population