贫困线也称最低生活保障线,是指国家为救济社会成员因自然、社会、经济、生理和心理等方面原因收入减少或中断,难以维持基本生活而制定的社会救济标准。根据这一标准给予经济或实物方面的救济,使其能维持基本生活的制度,即贫困线救济制度。贫困线在国际上并不是新概念。 The poverty line, also called the minimum living guarantee line, refers to the social relief standard set by the state for members of relief societies who have difficulty in maintaining their basic livelihood because of their income reduction or interruption because of their natural, social, economic, physical and psychological causes. According to this standard, economic or physical remedies are given to enable them to maintain a basic living system, namely the poverty line relief system. The poverty line is not a new concept internationally.