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xiii Abbreviations CCP Chinese Communist Party GDP gross domestic product GMD Guomingdang LDC less-developed countries NBS National Bureau of Statistics NGOs nongovernmental organizations NRHS National Rural Household Survey NRPMS National Rural Poverty Monitoring Survey PRC People’s Republic of China RMB renminbi (“the people’s currency”); Chinese currency. The exchange rate was until recently fixed at RMB 8.2 for US$1. It is also known as the yuan. SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome SOE state-owned enterprise TVE town and village enterprise UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UNESCO United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization ...

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