河南地处中原,是一个农业大省。所辖113个县(市)中,国家级贫困县28个、省级贫困县6个。截至1998年底,全省的贫困人口占全国贫困人口的8%。针对这一情况,河南省各级政府认真贯彻落实《中共中央、国务院关于尽快解决农村贫困人口温饱问题的决定》精神,积极实施《八七扶贫攻坚计划》,以稳定解决农村贫困人口温饱问题为中心, Henan is located in the Central Plains, is a big agricultural province. Under the jurisdiction of 113 counties (cities), 28 state-level poverty-stricken counties and 6 poverty-stricken counties. As of the end of 1998, the province’s poor accounted for 8% of the country’s poor. In response to this situation, all levels of government in Henan Province conscientiously implement the “CPC Central Committee and State Council on as soon as possible to solve the problem of food and clothing for rural poor people,” the spirit of actively implementing the “August 7 Poverty Alleviation Program” to stabilize the solution to the rural poor population center,