2003年初,江西省当时尚有90余万贫困人口,大部分分布在革命老区、深山区、水库库区和鄱阳湖区。这些地方,多数村庄不通路、不通电、不通广播电视、不通电话,缺乏医疗卫生和文化教育设施,耕地少、土壤贫瘠,基本生产资料严重短缺,年人均纯收一般只有 In early 2003, when there were still more than 90 million poor people in Jiangxi Province, most of them were scattered in the old revolutionary base areas, the mountainous areas, the reservoir area and the Poyang Lake area. In these areas, most villages have no access, no electricity, no radio and television, no telephone, lack of medical and health facilities and cultural and educational facilities. There is little cultivated land and poor soil so that there is a serious shortage of basic means of production.