China News Service, Beijing, December 6th, title: The world significance of China's poverty alleviation
China News Agency reporter Dong Huifeng
Recently, a video of Ding Zhenxiao, a Tibetan boy from Ganzi, Sichuan, and He Jiaolong, the deputy magistrate of Zhaosu County in Xinjiang, “riding horses in the snow” on the Internet, reflects the background of efforts to alleviate poverty in two counties in southwest and northwest China.
On December 3, the State Council Information Office held a press conference in Beijing to introduce the work of relocation and poverty alleviation.
Zhao Chenxin, Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, said at a press conference that the task of poverty alleviation and relocation in the 13th Five-Year Plan has been fully completed, and all the more than 9.6 million relocated poor people are in their hands.
The data picture shows workers working in the workshop in the supporting industrial park of Ameiqituo Town, a resettlement site for poverty alleviation and relocation in Qinglong County, Guizhou Province on September 8.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun
It has been said that China uses 9% of the world's arable land to feed nearly 20% of the population; now, China has contributed more than 70% of the world's poverty reduction with the efforts of several generations, especially the last 8 years.
There are figures as proof.
According to earlier statistics by the World Bank, 800 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty.
Official data from China show that over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, 750 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty.
In the past eight years, nearly 100 million people have been lifted out of poverty.
On the 23rd of last month, following the announcement of Guizhou Province, all 832 impoverished counties in China "take their hats off".
This means that the absolute poverty problem that has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years has been solved historically.
It also shows that China has achieved the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ten years ahead of schedule.
Data map: Aerial photography of Jiajiagou Village, Puge County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Lang
The significance of China's poverty alleviation to the world is that a major country can do it.
With the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the world’s extremely poor population of tens of millions, its “gold content” is even greater.
In addition to its own contribution, it also provides confidence, experience and inspiration to the world.
Because of this, China's poverty reduction has been widely praised internationally and has been called "one of the greatest stories in human history."
Even the Western media, which has always been fond of "probing", are more affirmative in their reports and comments, and even explore the "secret" of China's successful poverty reduction.
A US media website recently published an article that China has kept its promise to eradicate absolute poverty and create a "miracle" in the history of human poverty reduction.
This is very special today when ideology and pan-politicization are prominent.
In 2020, China as a whole will be lifted out of poverty. It is not "boasting" or "fake news".
This is the result of the Chinese people's hard work, eight years of targeted poverty alleviation, and five years of poverty alleviation. It highlights the "people first, development first" ruling philosophy and demonstrates the advantages of institutionalized poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics.
China’s top leader Xi Jinping has written books such as "Getting Out of Poverty". He once said: "For more than 40 years, I have worked in counties, cities, provinces, and the central government in China. Poverty alleviation has always been an important part of my work. most."
Top-level design, counterpart assistance, official presence in the village, the use of the Internet, and strengthened supervision... The Chinese organization carried out the "largest and most powerful fight against poverty in human history" and won a smoke-free "people's war against poverty" ".
How many people worked hard for it, "giving their youth" and even their lives!
It is commendable that Chinese-style poverty reduction is not closed, but open.
One is the participation of international organizations, foreigners, and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; the other is that China has provided assistance within its capacity, especially to other developing countries.
According to the World Bank report, the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” is expected to help 7.6 million people out of extreme poverty and 32 million people out of moderate poverty.
Eliminating absolute poverty is not the end.
In this regard, the Chinese decision-makers have sober research and judgment, as well as clear arrangements.
Analysts have noticed that China’s announcement of building a moderately prosperous society has been delayed.
On the 3rd of this month, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held a meeting and put forward 7 requirements such as maintaining the overall stability of the assistance policy, improving the monitoring and assistance mechanism for preventing return to poverty, sustained development and expansion of the poverty alleviation industry, and ensuring the stable employment of the poverty-stricken people.
This is about the "next step" in China's poverty alleviation.
In the post-epidemic era, at the intersection of history, China has combined the consolidation of poverty alleviation results with the construction of beautiful villages, and it has worked for a long time and will make new contributions to the world's poverty reduction.
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