You're wrong if you think the party actually cares about the people in poverty. for example

"Beijing’s migrants no longer welcome as city caps population"

https://www.ft.com/content/822e982c-1b40-11e7-bcac-6d03d067f...

"How the eviction of Beijing’s migrant workers is tearing at the fabric of the city’s economy"

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/212...

few hundred million of these migrants only make $500/month in the cities.

http://www.clb.org.hk/content/migrant-workers-and-their-chil...