我国贫困人口到底有多少?国务院扶贫办提供的数字是2900万,世界银行提供的数字是2.1亿。为何有如此悬殊的两个数字,国务院扶贫办主任刘坚说,世界银行公布的贫困标准是按每人每天生活费不低于1美元的标准来计算的。这一标准考虑的是“收入”问题。中国的贫困标准与世界银行不同, What is the number of poor people in our country? The number provided by the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council is 29 million, and the figure provided by the World Bank is 210 million. Why there are two such disparities, said Liu Jian, director of the State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development. The poverty line published by the World Bank is based on the standard of living not less than one U.S. dollar per person per day. This standard considers the issue of “income.” China’s poverty standard is different from that of the World Bank,