To instigate policy discussion on the challenges of poverty reduction faced by China, the China Development Research Foundation decided to produce the “China Development Report 2007: Elimination of Poverty through Development”. In May 2006, the project team conducted field surveys in poverty stricken rural areas in a few Chinese provinces. To date, the team has completed twenty background reports, data analysis and policy assessment for the final report. The Chinese and English version of the report will be published September 2007.