[Ten Years in China] How did China complete the great feat in the history of human poverty alleviation?

(In the past ten years in China) Great changes in the mountains and villages How did China accomplish the great feat in the history of human poverty alleviation?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 27 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) "Nearly 10 million poor people have completed the relocation of poverty alleviation", "98.99 million rural poor people have all been lifted out of poverty"... Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has organized and implemented the scale of human history. It is an unprecedented poverty alleviation battle that has the greatest strength and benefited the largest population.

China, the world's largest developing country with a population of 1.4 billion, has accomplished the astonishing feat of eradicating absolute poverty, creating a great miracle in the history of poverty reduction in China and even in the history of human poverty reduction.

Data map: Aerial photography of the resettlement site in Chongde Community, Tianba Community, Huangjiaba Street, Meitan County, Guizhou Province.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun

　　After 8 years of continuous struggle, by the end of 2020, China will complete the new era of poverty alleviation as scheduled. Under the current standard, all 98.99 million rural poor people will be lifted out of poverty, all 832 poverty-stricken counties will be removed, and 128,000 poverty-stricken villages will be listed. Overall poverty has been resolved, and the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty has been completed.

　　"I never dreamed of having such a life before." Yang Bifen, a resident of Xintang Community, Sanbao Street, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, told a reporter from China News Agency in Xiufangli, which she founded, that she used to be able to embroider in the village for a year. After moving out a set of Miao clothing, the government provided sewing machines and sewing machines, and one or two sets can be made in a month, plus 1,570 yuan (RMB, the same below) for the monthly cleaning work in community public welfare posts. The monthly income is three or four thousand yuan.

　　Yang Bifen's family used to live in Gantang Village, Sanbao Township, with a dilapidated house hanging halfway up the mountain. The family's income mainly comes from farming, such as growing corn.

Sanbao Township is one of the 20 extremely poor townships in Guizhou Province.

In 2017, all 6,263 people from 1,317 households in the township moved out of the mountains and lived in the county seat.

　　In order to solve the predicament of "one party's soil and water cannot support the other party", during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, nearly 10 million impoverished people in about 1,400 counties in 22 provinces of China relocated through poverty alleviation and achieved leapfrog development.

The changes in the lives of Yang Bifen's family are also a microcosm of the relocation of nearly 10 million people in China and the changes in the lives of nearly 100 million poor people.

Data map: Aerial photo of Zhaojue County's centralized resettlement site for ex-situ poverty alleviation and relocation, where the new homes of "Cliff Village" villagers are located.

Photo by Zhang Lang

　　"What is the fundamental purpose of human development? It is to live a good life," said Lei Ming, dean of Peking University's Rural Revitalization Research Institute, in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency. The premise of living a good life is to get rid of poverty and eliminate poverty. The unavoidable nature of poverty determines that anti-poverty is a mission that must be completed in the process of human development, and it is also a mission that must be completed in the process of poverty alleviation in China.

　　"The multi-dimensional and complex nature of poverty determines that China's poverty alleviation is a grand social system project. Only when everyone fulfills their responsibilities and makes concerted efforts, the rich contribute money and strong contributions, and the government, the people, the market and all sectors of society work together. It can be finally completed." Lei Ming said that anti-poverty is still a magnificent cause that needs to be persevered by generations and needs to be completed in the spirit of Yugong moving mountains.

　　At the beginning of reform and opening up in 1978, China was one of the poorest countries in the world, with 84% of China's population living below the international poverty line of $1.25 a day.

Entering the 21st century, China has formulated and implemented a series of new policies and measures for poverty alleviation and development.

China's economy and society are developing rapidly, China's poverty reduction process has been accelerated, and the number of poor people has been greatly reduced.

　　In 2011, China raised the poverty alleviation standard to 2,300 yuan. Under the new poverty alleviation standard, by the end of 2012, there were 98.99 million absolute poverty-stricken people in China's rural areas.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has entered a new era of targeted poverty alleviation.

At the same time, China is still faced with a severe poverty situation. What it faces is the poverty of the poor and the strong, and poverty reduction has entered the sprint stage of gnawing the hard bones and conquering the fortresses.

　　After the battle against poverty, the lives of poor people in China have undergone tremendous changes.

The per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken areas has increased from 6,079 yuan in 2013 to 12,588 yuan in 2020, with an average annual increase of 11.6%.

　　The battle against poverty has not only lifted all the poor people in rural areas out of poverty, but also solved a series of problems that have long plagued impoverished areas, such as difficulty in traveling, drinking water, electricity, school, medical treatment, and communication. Sexual change.

Data map: Local relocated people work in enterprises in the industrial park.

Amei Qituo Town, an ex-situ poverty alleviation and resettlement site in Qinglong County, Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is a tourism poverty alleviation demonstration town that integrates relocated people's residences and ethnic tourist attractions, and can accommodate more than 8,000 resettlement objects.

The local government insists on relocating based on jobs and production, and pays attention to supporting the development of subsequent industries. A group of labor-intensive enterprises has been introduced in the supporting industrial park next to Amei Qituo Town to ensure that the relocated people are employed nearby and at their doorstep.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun

　　After the overall victory in the battle against poverty, China has identified 160 key counties for rural revitalization in the country, improved the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent the return of poverty, and implemented measures such as industrial employment assistance.

According to data from the National Rural Development Bureau, by the end of 2021, 31.45 million people had been lifted out of poverty through work, an increase of 4.2% over the end of 2020.

　　In 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan" will start to set sail, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connect with rural revitalization, and comprehensively promote rural revitalization to achieve a good start.

　　"Poverty alleviation areas should do a good job of rural revitalization on the basis of consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation." Liu Huanxin, director of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, pointed out that it is necessary to strictly implement the "four no-picks" (no responsibility for taking off hats, no responsibility for taking off hats, no hats to take off). Continue to maintain the intensity of work and policies to ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty.

　　Liu Huanxin emphasized that fundamentally changing the face of poverty alleviation areas, consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, and comprehensively promoting rural revitalization must be achieved through development.

It is necessary to promote poverty alleviation areas to continuously improve the scale and quality of assistance industries, actively create characteristic and advantageous industries and labor-intensive industries, develop and expand the county economy, strengthen economic ties with developed areas, and continuously promote the employment and income of the poverty-stricken population.

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