The poverty rate in China has plummeted from 85% to 15.9%, with the biggest part of that drop coming in the past 15 years, when China opened up to Western investment and its coastal regions boomed.

• 贫困率从85%25急速降到15.；9%25，这一急剧下降最大程度发生在过去15年内，那时中国开始向外资企业敞开大门并开放沿海城市。