China News Agency, Beijing, February 22 (Reporter Chen Su) Tang Renjian, director of the Central Agricultural Office and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, stated on the 22nd that the next step in consolidating the results of poverty alleviation and preventing the return of poverty is still very heavy.
2020 is the closing year of China's poverty alleviation. All 832 impoverished counties across the country have all been lifted out of poverty, eliminated absolute poverty and overall regional poverty, and created a miracle in the history of human poverty reduction.
For the next step after poverty alleviation, Chinese officials have launched detailed arrangements.
At the press conference of the State Council Information Office held on the same day, Tang Renjian pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs put forward "two guarantees" for this year and the "14th Five-Year Plan" (2021-2025) work objectives. More than 1.3 trillion catties, the second is to ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty.
Tang Renjian said that although people in poverty alleviated areas have been lifted out of poverty on the whole, and the problem of "two no worries and three guarantees" has been basically solved, their development foundation, especially their self-development ability, is not strong, and their industrial foundation is not strong.
"The next step is to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation and prevent the return of poverty. The task is still very heavy."
In the 2021 No. 1 Central Document issued on the 21st, consolidating the results of poverty alleviation is a key task. It is proposed that the consolidation and expansion of the results of poverty alleviation should be effectively connected with rural revitalization, and a five-year transition period has been set up. This work must be done well during the "14th Five-Year" period.
Tang Renjian said that the overall stability of the main poverty alleviation policies will be maintained, so that the support will be sent off, and the dynamic monitoring and assistance to prevent the return of poverty will be done.
Industrial assistance is the fundamental strategy to get rid of poverty and become rich and consolidate the results. We must continue to strengthen industrial poverty alleviation.
At the same time, it is necessary to increase support for poverty-stricken areas as the focus of rural revitalization.
"We must put the consolidation and expansion of the results of poverty alleviation and the effective connection of rural revitalization at the forefront of work, promote the smooth transformation of the work system, and gradually realize a smooth transition from the original centralized support of poverty alleviation to the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization." Tang Renjian said.
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