BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's top decision makers said on Sunday that the country had set a goal to double the per-capita disposable income of rural residents by 2020 from the 2008 level.

    The goal was part of the decision made at the close of the third Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, which focused on issues concerning rural reform and development.

    Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report at the four-day plenum, held from Oct. 9 to 12 in Beijing.

    The government would also boost consumption of rural residents by a big margin and basically eliminate absolute poverty in rural areas by 2020, according to a communique issued on the plenum's conclusion.

    Per-capita disposable income was recorded at 4,140 yuan (605.6 U.S. dollars) in rura...

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