China writes important chapter in world’s history of poverty reduction
By He Yin
General secretary of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping recently vowed to overcome
the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, make more arduous efforts, and secure a
decisive victory of poverty alleviation.
He made the remarks when visiting national political
advisors from the economic sector attending a joint panel discussion at the
third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese
People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
What he said once again demonstrated the solemn promise
made by the CPC to the Chinese people and history.
2020 marks a year when China aims to achieve a decisive
victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and
eliminate poverty. The country is making all-out efforts with confidence,
resolution and perseverance to write an important chapter in the world’s
history of poverty alleviation. Absolute poverty, a problem that has plagued the
Chinese nation for hundreds of years will come to an end. This remarkable
achievement will significantly inspire the global cause of poverty reduction.
China’s poverty alleviation practices aim to create a
better life for the people. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up,
the CPC has led the Chinese people to make constant efforts and lifted over 800
million people out of poverty, contributing to over 70 percent of the global
poverty reduction in the same period.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress held in 2012, the
country had lifted more than 10 million people out of poverty annually for 7
consecutive years, bringing poverty headcount ratio from 10.2 percent to 0.6
percent. It has achieved a decisive success in poverty alleviation.
“We have never seen that number of people lifted out of
extreme poverty ever before in the history of mankind,” said Borge Brende,
president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), calling it “a great achievement of
China.”
During this year’s “two sessions” of the top legislature
and political advisory body of China, the country’s poverty eradication
progress attracted huge attention from the world. General secretary Xi Jinping
stressed not to have the people fall into or slip back to poverty because of
the disease. The government work report also said that “Eliminating poverty is
an obligatory task we must complete in order to build a moderately prosperous
society in all respects.”
Besides, deputies to the National People’s Congress
(NPC) and CPPCC members all vowed to meet the core demand for ensuring rural
poor people do not have to worry about food and clothing and have access to
compulsory education, basic medical services and safe housing.
The firm stand of the Chinese leadership is a strong
evidence that China is able to achieve poverty eradication by the end of the
year. That’s a point generally agreed by international media.
“We leave no one behind on the road to building
socialism, and together we will achieve common prosperity.” President Xi’s
remarks presented the magnificence of China’s poverty alleviation efforts, as
well as the Chinese actions and strength that fully showcase the institutional
advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
To win the war against poverty and help lift out of
poverty all rural residents falling below the current poverty line, and achieve
poverty alleviation in all poor counties and areas by the end of this year, the
whole Party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups are working as one to
make concrete efforts.
Ahmed Jawad, central secretary on
information of Pakistan’s ruling party Tehreek-e-Insaf commented that China’s
poverty alleviation success came from the country’s institutional advantages
that are able to mobilize and unite different social sectors and classes to
fight for national development. What’s impressive is that during the outbreak
of COVID-19, China on the one hand managed to lower the impacts of the disease
on its poverty alleviation, and on the other hand had unswervingly completed
the remaining tasks of poverty eradication.
Russian Gazette reported that the COVID-19 pandemic won’t
change China’s fundamentals of poverty alleviation, and the Chinese government
is competent of finishing its poverty eradication tasks.
China’s poverty alleviation has made huge contribution
to and won a high reputation from the world. Nicholas Rosellini,
United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and highest-level representative of
the UN in China, noted that many countries are hoping to learn from China in
poverty alleviation, and are exploring how to apply these experiences to their
own efforts at home. He said, China’s poverty reduction practices are inspiring
global countries, adding that China will realize the poverty reduction goals
set by the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years in advance after
it completes its own poverty alleviation targets this year.
China provides the world, especially the Global South,
an example of how economic policies and social policies have managed to take
hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, said Jorge Chediek, director
of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
China has made a significant contribution to global poverty eradication, he
added.
China actively promotes international cooperation on
poverty reduction, supports and helps developing countries, especially the least
developed ones, to take multiple measures to eradicate poverty. Besides, it
also joins the UN, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for
poverty alleviation cooperation. Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank’s Vice President
for East Asia and Pacific, said that China’s progress in poverty
reduction has global significance.
To eradicate poverty is a common mission of all mankind.
The positive signal released by the “two sessions” to unswervingly achieve a
victory for poverty alleviation will surely inspire global countries to enhance
their confidence in realizing the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Upholding the vision of building a community with a
share future for mankind, joining hands to accelerate the global progress of
poverty reduction, and jointly building a beautiful and prosperous world free
from poverty shall be a common choice for all countries.
China writes important chapter in world’s history of poverty reduction
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