CCTV news (news broadcast): The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on December 3 to listen to a summary and assessment report on poverty alleviation.
CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.
Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, putting poverty alleviation in a prominent position in governance, giving full play to the party’s leadership and the political advantages of my country’s socialist system, and adopting many advantages. Major initiatives of originality and uniqueness have organized and implemented the largest and strongest fight against poverty in human history.
After 8 years of continuous struggle, we have completed the task of poverty alleviation in the new era as scheduled. Under the current standards, all the rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty, and all poor counties have been removed. Absolute poverty and regional overall poverty have been eliminated. Nearly 100 million poor people have been lifted out of poverty. A major victory was won that the whole world admired.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the major victory in poverty alleviation has laid a solid foundation for the realization of the first centenary goal, greatly enhanced the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, completely changed the face of impoverished areas, and improved production and living conditions. The quality of life of the people has been improved, and the "two no worries and three guarantees" have been fully realized.
In the practice of poverty alleviation, the Party Central Committee adheres to the people's supremacy and people-oriented, and regards the poor people and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to move toward a well-off society and live a good life together as the starting point and goal of poverty alleviation.
Party committees and governments at all levels, as well as the society, work together to tackle tough issues. The eastern and western regions help each other and cooperate to tackle tough issues. The majority of party members and cadres endure hardships and stand hard work and are not afraid of sacrifices, fully demonstrating the mission and sacrifice of the Communists.
The meeting pointed out that at present, the problem of my country's unbalanced and insufficient development is still prominent, and the task of consolidating and expanding the results of poverty alleviation is still arduous.
It is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party and consolidate and expand the results of the fight against poverty.
It is necessary to maintain the overall stability of the assistance policy, strictly implement the requirements of the "four non-eliminations", and maintain the overall stability of the existing assistance policies, financial support and assistance forces.
It is necessary to improve the monitoring and assistance mechanism for preventing return to poverty, continue to monitor poverty-stricken counties, poverty-stricken villages, and poverty-stricken populations, continue to track changes in income and the consolidation of the "two no worries and three guarantees", regular inspections, timely detection, timely assistance, and dynamic reset .
It is necessary to continue to develop and expand poverty alleviation industries, continue to strengthen the infrastructure construction of industrial development in poverty-stricken areas, expand sales channels, innovate circulation methods, and promote stable sales.
It is necessary to do a good job in stabilizing employment for the people who have been lifted out of poverty, increase vocational skills training for the people who are out of poverty, strengthen labor cooperation between the east and the west, and encourage and support the transfer of labor-intensive industries from the east and the middle to the west.
It is necessary to strengthen follow-up support for relocation, improve public services and supporting infrastructure in centralized resettlement areas, develop industries in relocation areas in accordance with local conditions, and ensure that the relocated people can live stably, have employment, and gradually become rich.
It is necessary to strengthen the management of capital and asset projects, establish a sound asset management system, and continue to bring out benefits.
We must maintain the bottom line of people's livelihood, regulate the management of public welfare posts, rely on the existing social security system, and promote the employment of weak laborers and half laborers and other families in the vicinity to ensure the basic lives of these people.
The meeting also studied other matters.