Life expectancy in 1949 was 36, by 1972 it was 61. Currently, it is 78.5. National income grew five-fold over the 25-year period 1952-1978, increasing from 60 billion to over 300 billion yuan, with industry accounting for most of the growth 80% of Chinese were illiterate in 1949, by 2015, 94.4% were literate
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On this day in 1949, out of the ashes of civil war, a war of annihilation by Japan, and domination by other foreign powers, communist revolutionary Mao Zedong officially declares the People’s Republic of China
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Life expectancy in 1949 was 36, by 1972 it was 61. Currently, it is 78.5.
National income grew five-fold over the 25-year period 1952-1978, increasing from 60 billion to over 300 billion yuan, with industry accounting for most of the growth
80% of Chinese were illiterate in 1949, by 2015, 94.4% were literate
850 million people were lifted out of poverty in the space of just 4 decades
In 1981, almost 90% of the population lived below the international poverty line. By 2015, only 1% lived below the poverty line
Since 1978 on average, China pulled 19 million poor people out of extreme poverty every year
China has accounted for nearly 75% of the global reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty since 1978
China has become the largest trading partner of more than 120 countries
The Belt & Road Initiative has been launched, dubbed ‘the project of the century’, with over 150 countries joining
The average disposable income per urban household surged 66% from 2013 to 2020, according to official statistics. In rural households it rose 82% in that same period.
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Life expectancy in 1949 was 36, by 1972 it was 61. Currently, it is 78.5.
National income grew five-fold over the 25-year period 1952-1978, increasing from 60 billion to over 300 billion yuan, with industry accounting for most of the growth
80% of Chinese were illiterate in 1949, by 2015, 94.4% were literate
850 million people were lifted out of poverty in the space of just 4 decades
In 1981, almost 90% of the population lived below the international poverty line. By 2015, only 1% lived below the poverty line
Since 1978 on average, China pulled 19 million poor people out of extreme poverty every year
China has accounted for nearly 75% of the global reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty since 1978
China has become the largest trading partner of more than 120 countries
The Belt & Road Initiative has been launched, dubbed ‘the project of the century’, with over 150 countries joining
The average disposable income per urban household surged 66% from 2013 to 2020, according to official statistics. In rural households it rose 82% in that same period.
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