The State Council Information Office published the white paper "Poverty Reduction in China" and held a press conference on April 6. Xu Lin, vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the Information Office of the State Council, and Tang Renjian, director of the Central Agricultural Office and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, were invited to Wang Zhengpu, deputy director of the Office and director of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, and Hong Tianyun and Xia Gengsheng, deputy directors of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, attended the meeting to introduce the white paper and answer reporters’ questions.
Xu Lin, vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the State Council Information Office: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Since its birth, the Communist Party of China has taken the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its original mission, and has united and led the people in the struggle against poverty.
The 100-year history of the development of the Communist Party of China is a century of struggle to eradicate poverty and backwardness and let the people live a good life.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, China has adopted a series of unconventional policies and measures to organize and implement the unprecedented scale, greatest strength, and most populous fight against poverty in human history.
On February 25 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared at the National Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation Conference that the battle for poverty alleviation has won an all-round victory, and China has completed the arduous task of eradicating absolute poverty.
Xu Lin: Today, the Information Office of the State Council of China released the white paper on "Poverty Reduction in China".
The white paper comprehensively reviews the Chinese Communist Party's unity and leadership in the struggle against poverty, especially the great history of winning the battle against poverty since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, introduces China's exploration and practice of human poverty reduction, and shares China's experience and practices in poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation.
The white paper is divided into a foreword, body, concluding remarks, and appendices, with a total of more than 30,000 words.
The text is divided into five categories: "The Solemn Commitment of the Communist Party of China", "Comprehensive Victory in Poverty Alleviation in the New Era", "Implementing a Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy", "Exploring New Paths for Poverty Reduction of Mankind", and "Joining Hands to Build a Community of Human Destiny without Poverty and Common Development". Parts.
It can be said that this white paper is an important historical material and document that reflects the development of China's poverty reduction in a panoramic manner.
Xu Lin: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, after 8 years of continuous efforts, by the end of 2020, China will complete the task of poverty alleviation in the new era on schedule. According to the current standard, all the rural poor population of 98.99 million will be lifted out of poverty, and all 832 poor counties will be decapitated, with 128,000. All poverty-stricken villages are listed.
Winning the battle against poverty has created a miracle in the history of poverty reduction in China and even in the history of human poverty reduction.
The white paper points out that the fight against poverty has changed China’s rural areas in a historic and comprehensive way. It is another great revolution in China’s rural areas. It has strongly promoted the overall development of China’s rural areas and is striving for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the realization of the second century. The goal laid a solid foundation.
The practice of poverty reduction in China shows that poverty is not destined, and poverty is not invincible.
As long as we have firm will and determination and put them into practice, we will be able to move forward towards the bright prospect of getting rid of poverty and achieving prosperity.
The white paper pointed out that the overall victory in the fight against poverty has demonstrated the original mission of the Communist Party of China and its strong political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal, and demonstrated the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics to concentrate its efforts on major tasks. It demonstrates the Chinese spirit, Chinese value, and Chinese strength, demonstrates the Chinese people's will and quality to realize their dreams and dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky, and demonstrates the Chinese nation's fearlessness, indomitability, daring to fight, and resolute victory on the way forward Spiritual character of all difficulties and challenges.
Xu Lin: The targeted poverty alleviation strategy is a major innovation in China's poverty reduction theory and practice, and a magic weapon for China to win the battle against poverty.
In the practice of poverty alleviation, China has creatively proposed and implemented a targeted poverty alleviation strategy, so as to achieve the “six precisions” of the target, project arrangement, capital use, measures to households, assigning people to the village, and the effect of poverty alleviation, and implement the development of production and relocation. The “five batches” of relocation, ecological compensation, development of education, and social security will solve the “five issues” of who to support, who will support, how to support, how to retreat, and how to stabilize, and strengthen the target pertinence of poverty alleviation. Improved the overall effectiveness of poverty alleviation.
The white paper emphasizes that the targeted poverty alleviation strategy not only ensures the overall victory of the fight against poverty, but also effectively improves the modernization of the country's governance system and governance capabilities, and enriches and develops the governance concept and country strategy of the Communist Party of China in the new era.
The poverty reduction path with Chinese characteristics and the anti-poverty theory with Chinese characteristics that China has explored and formed in the practice of poverty reduction have expanded human anti-poverty thinking and explored new paths for human poverty reduction.
The white paper puts forward China’s recommendations for human poverty reduction in terms of insisting on putting people as the center, putting poverty reduction in a prominent position in governance, eradicating poverty by means of development, giving play to the dominant role of the poor, and gathering all forces to form a strong synergy. China plan.
Xu Lin: China cannot develop without the world, and the world cannot develop without China.
China actively participates in international poverty reduction cooperation and is an advocate, promoter and contributor to international poverty reduction.
The white paper pointed out that China, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the world’s population, has completely eliminated absolute poverty and achieved the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, making significant contributions to the development of global poverty reduction and human development.
China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other countries in poverty reduction, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind without poverty and common development.
Xu Lin: Shaking off poverty is not the end, but the starting point for a new life and struggle.
China is still the largest developing country in the world. There is still a long way to go to solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development, narrow the development gap between urban and rural areas, and realize the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all people.
China will continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, do a good job of effectively connecting with rural revitalization, and comprehensively promote rural revitalization with more powerful measures and gathering more powerful forces.
The white paper describes the bright prospects of China's rural revitalization and China's development by 2035 and 2050, and points out that in the future, China will continue to move towards achieving the all-round development of people and the higher goals of common prosperity for all people.
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