国务院扶贫开发领导小组副组长、扶贫办主任刘坚10月20日在接受人民日报记者采访时说,进入新世纪以来,扶贫工作的难度进一步增大,解决贫困人口温饱的速度明显趋缓。造成这种情况的原因,一是连年没有解决温饱的贫困农户76%生活在山区,46%人均耕地不足1亩,生存和发展的环境更差。二是贫困人口 In an interview with People’s Daily on 20 October, Liu Jian, deputy leader of the Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development of the State Council and director of the Poverty Alleviation Office, said that since the entry into the new century, the difficulty of alleviating poverty has further increased and the rate of food and clothing to the poor has obviously slowed down. The reasons for this are as follows: First, 76% of impoverished peasants who have not solved the poverty-stricken population in recent years live in the mountainous areas, 46% of the cultivated land per capita is less than 1mu, and the environment for survival and development is even worse. Second, the poor