我国贫困人口标准再探讨

近几年,通过对我国10余个贫困县的考察,笔者认为:农村贫困人口标准过低,仅相当于国际贫困线确定的最低贫困人口标准的1/5,相当其贫困标准的1/10;相当于我国监狱囚犯生活标准的1/4,相当于美国贫困人口标准的1/50。贫困人口难以完成在当时社会一般的、正常状况下劳动力的再生产。农村贫困人口从2亿多减少到2000多万,主要不是扶贫工作所致,而是到城镇打工。依据马克思劳动力价值学说的基本原理,抓紧调整提高农村贫困人口标准,改进扶贫工作机制,对我国的长治久安和建设和谐社会的大局有利。

A Reexamination on the Poverty Line in China

This paper reexamines and discusses poverty line and poverty-stricken population in China. The author has investigated more than ten poor counties in China in the past several years and found that the living standard of impoverished rural areas of our country is extremely low, which is only equal to one fifth of that of the most impoverished and one tenth of that of the poor by international standard in poverty, one fourth of that of the prisoners in China, and one fiftieth of the American poverty line. Under such living conditions for the poor, it is impossible for the labor force to accomplish reproduction. The reduction of the population of the poor from over two hundred million to twenty million should not be mainly attributed to the government's efforts in poverty alleviation but rather to the flow of peasants seeking jobs in cities. According to the theory of the value of labor force of Marx, improving the living standard of the poor in rural areas is the most urgent and important task of our country in order to realize long-term stability of the society and the lasting prosperity of the country.