A bibliometric analysis of poverty alleviation researches in China during the 13thFive-year Plan

Abstract

From the end of 2012 to 2019, 93.48 million population were lifted out of poverty in China. In 2020, which was the final year for poverty alleviation, absolute poverty is eliminated. China have realised a great achievement in poverty reduction. According to the World Bank report, 689 million people living on less than $1.90 a day. At higher poverty lines, 24.1 percent of the world lived on less than $3.20 a day and 43.6 percent on less than $5.50 a day in 2017. Hence, this research was designed to synthesise and represent a comprehensive understanding of the existing Chinese scholars' articles in poverty alleviation field during the 13th Five-year plan by utilising bibliometric techniques. The result demonstrated the state-of-art of researches in this field. The fundamental articles were identified. The prosperous themes were revealed. Sustainable development and multidimensional poverty are the motor themes.