[5] The notice stated that the State Council had decided to establish the "three xi" (Hexi, Dingxi, Xihaigu) regional agricultural construction leading group in order to expedite the construction of the Gansu Hexi Corridor commodity grain base and transform the face of poverty in Gansu.
[6] The daily work was managed by the Leading Group's office, which was situated in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishery.
Zhu Rong presided over the day-to-day work of the State Council Leading Group for Economic Development of Impoverished Areas, and Li Zhong (Chinese: 黎中) was divided into responsibility for the "three xi" region.
"[14] On February 25, 2002, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued the "General Office of the State Council on the issuance of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development of the function of the configuration of the internal structure and staffing provisions of the notice" (Guo Ban Fa [2002] No.
The Foreign Capital Project Management Center of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, the National Training Center for Cadres in Poverty-stricken Areas, and the China Poverty Alleviation and Development Service Center, which were previously under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture, have been transferred to the Office of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.
These institutions were directly under the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.
In accordance with this, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development was abolished.