Poverty in China

China's Poverty Alleviation Miracle

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
In China, Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Poverty reduction, Politics

Every year, he has raised the issue of reducing poverty with participants to the Two Sessions (NPC and CPPCC), issued vital instructions on National Poverty Alleviation Day, held an annual meeting to plan and advance poverty alleviation efforts, and presided over meetings to evaluate the performance of poverty alleviation.

Key Points: 
  • Every year, he has raised the issue of reducing poverty with participants to the Two Sessions (NPC and CPPCC), issued vital instructions on National Poverty Alleviation Day, held an annual meeting to plan and advance poverty alleviation efforts, and presided over meetings to evaluate the performance of poverty alleviation.
  • Subsequently, at the end of 2015, the CPC Central Committee held a conference on poverty alleviation and development, at which President Xi explained in his keynote speech the major goals, tasks, and measures of poverty alleviation and identified targeted poverty alleviation as China's basic strategy.
  • All local authorities and central departments studied and implemented President Xi's philosophy on poverty alleviation, supported the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, worked to targets and standards, endorsed the Party's targeted strategy, reformed and updated every aspect of poverty alleviation systems and mechanisms, and committed themselves to completing key poverty alleviation tasks.
  • This precious national poverty alleviation archive provided a solid foundation from which to implement high-quality, targeted poverty alleviation policies and measures.

China's Poverty Alleviation Miracle

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, May 27, 2021
In China, Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Poverty reduction, Politics

Every year, he has raised the issue of reducing poverty with participants to the Two Sessions (NPC and CPPCC), issued vital instructions on National Poverty Alleviation Day, held an annual meeting to plan and advance poverty alleviation efforts, and presided over meetings to evaluate the performance of poverty alleviation.

Key Points: 
  • Every year, he has raised the issue of reducing poverty with participants to the Two Sessions (NPC and CPPCC), issued vital instructions on National Poverty Alleviation Day, held an annual meeting to plan and advance poverty alleviation efforts, and presided over meetings to evaluate the performance of poverty alleviation.
  • Subsequently, at the end of 2015, the CPC Central Committee held a conference on poverty alleviation and development, at which President Xi explained in his keynote speech the major goals, tasks, and measures of poverty alleviation and identified targeted poverty alleviation as China's basic strategy.
  • All local authorities and central departments studied and implemented President Xi's philosophy on poverty alleviation, supported the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, worked to targets and standards, endorsed the Party's targeted strategy, reformed and updated every aspect of poverty alleviation systems and mechanisms, and committed themselves to completing key poverty alleviation tasks.
  • This precious national poverty alleviation archive provided a solid foundation from which to implement high-quality, targeted poverty alleviation policies and measures.

"Horizontally to the Side, Vertically to the End": Establishing a Large Pattern of Poverty Alleviation Through Science and Technology

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Monday, March 1, 2021
Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation

"The president's praise affirms the tangible role of sci-tech poverty alleviation industries, including fungi, in poverty alleviation."

Key Points: 
  • "The president's praise affirms the tangible role of sci-tech poverty alleviation industries, including fungi, in poverty alleviation."
  • Poverty alleviation through science and technology is an important part of the national poverty alleviation and development strategy.
  • The sci-tech poverty alleviation action is one of the top ten poverty alleviation actions determined by the State Council's Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development in 2016.
  • It deeply implemented the sci-tech poverty alleviation project of "A hundred platforms, A thousand assistance pairs, Ten thousand commissioners", innovated mechanisms of inter-ministerial coordination, eastern and western sci-tech poverty alleviation cooperation and "four-level linkage", establishing a large pattern of sci-tech poverty alleviation: "Horizontally to the Side, Vertically to the End".

"Horizontally to the Side, Vertically to the End": Establishing a Large Pattern of Poverty Alleviation Through Science and Technology

Retrieved on: 
Monday, March 1, 2021
Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation

"The president's praise affirms the tangible role of sci-tech poverty alleviation industries, including fungi, in poverty alleviation."

Key Points: 
  • "The president's praise affirms the tangible role of sci-tech poverty alleviation industries, including fungi, in poverty alleviation."
  • Poverty alleviation through science and technology is an important part of the national poverty alleviation and development strategy.
  • The sci-tech poverty alleviation action is one of the top ten poverty alleviation actions determined by the State Council's Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development in 2016.
  • It deeply implemented the sci-tech poverty alleviation project of "A hundred platforms, A thousand assistance pairs, Ten thousand commissioners", innovated mechanisms of inter-ministerial coordination, eastern and western sci-tech poverty alleviation cooperation and "four-level linkage", establishing a large pattern of sci-tech poverty alleviation: "Horizontally to the Side, Vertically to the End".

Suning Wins Award for Massive Nationwide Poverty Alleviation Efforts

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Friday, February 26, 2021
Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Poverty reduction, Suning, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Poverty in Pakistan

As the first Chinese private company to sign a poverty alleviation strategy agreement with the State Council's Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, Chairman Zhang has spearheaded the establishing of the Jiangsu Private Companies for Targeted Poverty Alleviation Fund.

Key Points: 
  • As the first Chinese private company to sign a poverty alleviation strategy agreement with the State Council's Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, Chairman Zhang has spearheaded the establishing of the Jiangsu Private Companies for Targeted Poverty Alleviation Fund.
  • Suning has also established a dedicated poverty alleviation office with more than 1,000 full-time personnelin order to implement its comprehensive poverty alleviation strategy, rooted in the pillars of reducing consumption, employment, education, and donation-related poverty.
  • At the ceremony, the State Council's Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development awarded Suning with the National Group for Poverty Alleviation Award, while Chairman Zhang was given the National Poverty Alleviation Contribution Award.
  • Meanwhile, Suning won the China Charity Award, the highest recognition in the field, for the sixth time, after previously winning for other poverty alleviation efforts.

CGTN：Targeted Poverty Alleviation - The Chinese Path to Fighting Poverty

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Other Government, Environment, Professional services, Public policy, Government, Human resources, Ethnic groups in Asia, Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Asia, Miao people, Luquan, Yunnan, Poverty reduction, Jinping, Autonomous county

In November 2013, during an inspection tour of central China's Hunan, Chinese President Xi Jinping first raised the concept of "targeted poverty alleviation."

Key Points: 
  • In November 2013, during an inspection tour of central China's Hunan, Chinese President Xi Jinping first raised the concept of "targeted poverty alleviation."
  • The first step of the targeted poverty alleviation campaign is to locate poverty through accurate identification, which means specifying survey data by matching it with individuals and households.
  • "We have never encountered such rigorous measures," said Zhang Shibin, former director of the poverty alleviation office of Yunnan Province's Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County. "
  • The targeted poverty alleviation campaign has perfectly embodied China's practical and down-to-earth approach in battling poverty, opening up a path that accommodates the country's realities while reflecting unique Chinese characteristics.

People's China explores stories behind the effort of poverty alleviation in China's villages

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Poverty reduction, Poverty, Extreme poverty, Articles, Economy, Academic disciplines

This short documentary tries to reveal stories of thousands of so-called "poverty fighters" in China's poorest villages.

Key Points: 
  • This short documentary tries to reveal stories of thousands of so-called "poverty fighters" in China's poorest villages.
  • In 2014, the county launched a campaign on targeted poverty alleviation with an aim to lift local people out of poverty through resource integration and industrial development.
  • The experience provided Jing with a deeper understanding of China's poverty alleviation campaign and the specific duties of first secretaries.
  • Click the video to learn more details about poverty alleviation in the village.

People's China explores stories behind the effort of poverty alleviation in China's villages

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Poverty reduction, Poverty, Extreme poverty, Articles, Economy, Academic disciplines

This short documentary tries to reveal stories of thousands of so-called "poverty fighters" in China's poorest villages.

Key Points: 
  • This short documentary tries to reveal stories of thousands of so-called "poverty fighters" in China's poorest villages.
  • In 2014, the county launched a campaign on targeted poverty alleviation with an aim to lift local people out of poverty through resource integration and industrial development.
  • The experience provided Jing with a deeper understanding of China's poverty alleviation campaign and the specific duties of first secretaries.
  • Click the video to learn more details about poverty alleviation in the village.

"Coffee Matters" Praised for Telling China's Poverty Relief Story Well

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Friday, January 15, 2021
Countries, Poverty in China, Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Articles, East Asia, Development economics, China, Poverty reduction, Poverty, Yunnan

It was broadcast on the "China Screen" at New York Times Square on Jan. 13, 2021, Beijing Time.

Key Points: 
  • It was broadcast on the "China Screen" at New York Times Square on Jan. 13, 2021, Beijing Time.
  • It tells a story about how a coffee bean travels across the seas to China, and eventually helps the once impoverished hinterland of S.W.
  • China's Yunnan province shake off poverty and achieve prosperity.
  • Targeted poverty alleviation is an innovative policy to ensure the achievement of the anti-poverty efforts.

[Ending poverty in China: Data speak] How can we make rural people's lives better

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Thursday, December 17, 2020
Countries, Poverty in China, Poverty, Forms of government, China, Political systems

How did China make rural people's lives better?

Key Points: 
  • How did China make rural people's lives better?
  • From 2013 to 2019, the central government provided US$28 billion to improve housing for rural people, and the average housing subsidy for each rural family was raised from US$1,120 to US$2,090.
  • 7.33 million rural families representing 23 million rural people, equivalent to the population of Australia, have moved to safe and spacious new houses over the last 7 years.
  • [Ending poverty in China: Data speak] How can we make rural people's lives better?