BEIJING: From launching massive reforms to adopting targeted alleviation measures, China has explored a unique course to end extreme poverty and now that a complete victory has been secured, the country is rolling up its sleeves for a new mission to propel rural vitalization.
The world’s largest developing country has achieved the complete eradication of extreme poverty, raising more than 770 million people out of poverty since its reform and opening up in the late 1970s.
According to the World Bank standard, this figure accounted for more than 70 percent of the global total over the same period, said a white paper released Tuesday by the State Council Information Office.
A report titled “Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies: A Political Economy Perspective” released by New China Research, the think tank of Xinhua News Agency, has summarized foreign experts’ views on the lessons the world can learn from China’s success into the “Five Ds”: Determined Leadership, Detailed Blueprint, Development Oriented, Data-based Governance and Decentralized Delivery.
Building on its experience and success in the poverty fight, China is ready to take on a new challenge.
“Removing the label of extreme poverty is not the end, but the beginning of a new life and a new journey,” the white paper stressed, vowing to continue to consolidate the results of poverty elimination, dovetail new measures with rural vitalization, and pool more resources to energize the countryside. –Agencies
