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Accurately and comprehensively understand the global significance of China's poverty alleviation efforts

2025-01-16   

At the 19th G20 Summit, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech entitled "Building a Just World for Common Development", emphasizing that "the poverty problem in developing countries can be solved, and weak birds can fly and soar first. China can succeed, and other developing countries can also succeed. This is the world significance of China's successful victory in the battle against poverty." President Xi Jinping's resounding words inject strong confidence and momentum into the "Global South" that is striving to get rid of poverty, demonstrating the responsibility of a responsible major country to the global development cause and contributing Chinese wisdom to promoting common prosperity in the world. Great practice produces great theory, and great theory guides great practice. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has created a remarkable history of poverty reduction for humanity with great mission, wisdom, and emotion. He has established a complete set of effective policy, work, and institutional systems, and has embarked on a path of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics. He has formed a theory of anti-poverty with Chinese characteristics and written a brilliant chapter in which China should make significant contributions to humanity. The theory and practice of poverty alleviation have become one of the most iconic political, economic, livelihood, and social achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. 2024 is the fourth year of winning the battle against poverty and entering a transitional period, and China firmly holds the bottom line of not experiencing large-scale poverty relapse. Practice has proven that the achievements of China's poverty alleviation campaign can withstand the test of history and the people, and the theory of anti-poverty with Chinese characteristics has become a valuable asset for the world's poverty reduction cause. We need to accurately and comprehensively understand the global significance of China's poverty alleviation efforts, and in the process of strengthening poverty reduction exchanges and cooperation with countries around the world, work together to promote the international poverty reduction process, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind without poverty and common development. Over the past 100 years, under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people have made great contributions to the cause of human anti-poverty with their own development, from emancipating themselves to solving food and clothing, from a basic well-off society to a comprehensive well-off society, from getting rid of poverty to promoting Chinese path to modernization. The success of China's poverty alleviation campaign has significantly reduced the size of the world's impoverished population. Since the reform and opening up, over 800 million people in China have successfully lifted themselves out of poverty, contributing more than 70% to global poverty reduction. A research report published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 2019 pointed out that if China is not included, the global poverty population is not decreasing, but rather increasing. Against the backdrop of still severe global poverty and worsening wealth inequality in some countries, China has won the battle against poverty and achieved the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, greatly accelerating the global poverty reduction process and writing a new chapter in the history of human anti-poverty. The success of China's poverty alleviation campaign has increased the confidence of the "global South" to overcome poverty. As a developing country with a large population and weak foundation, it is extremely extraordinary and difficult for China to completely break free from absolute poverty. It is precisely this difficulty that makes China's poverty alleviation experience have broad global significance. In 2012, China's per capita GDP was US $6300, while that of Brazil, which was also the "Global South" at that time, exceeded US $12000. After eight years, China's per capita GDP has grown by 8.1% annually and exceeded US $10400 in 2020. It has achieved rapid development in step with large-scale poverty reduction and absolute poverty eradication. This is a marvelous miracle and the best footnote to "China can succeed, and other developing countries can also succeed". Peruvian President Borualte previously said in an interview with Chinese journalists, "I hope to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, build a country with long-term prospects, and hope that we can also become a country like China." Thailand's fourth largest population office, Khon Kaen, has drawn on China's concept of targeted poverty alleviation and achieved significant results. Local officials believe that China not only lets the world understand the importance of targeted poverty alleviation and see the possibility of poverty alleviation, but also provides the courage and experience to solve poverty problems. China's poverty reduction efforts have achieved unparalleled great achievements, widely recognized and praised by international public opinion, and have stood firm, made a name for themselves, and had a great influence in the world. The achievements of China's poverty alleviation campaign have withstood the test of history and practice, proving to the world that poverty can be ended and lifted out. After comprehensively winning the battle against poverty, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has established a five-year transition period to provide assistance to poverty-stricken areas and people, promote the adjustment and optimization of assistance policies on the basis of overall stability, continuously improve the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent poverty from returning to poverty, detect, intervene and assist early, and timely eliminate the risk of poverty from returning to poverty. As of the end of 2024, more than 5 million monitoring objects have been provided with assistance nationwide to prevent poverty relapse and eliminate risks. Other assistance measures have also been implemented, and 832 poverty-stricken counties have cultivated leading industries with outstanding advantages and strong driving capabilities. The scale of employment for poverty-stricken people has reached 33.052 million. In the first three quarters of 2024, the per capita disposable income of farmers in poverty-stricken counties was 12384 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, firmly guarding the bottom line of no large-scale poverty relapse. This also fully demonstrates to the world that poverty can not only be overcome, but can also be stopped and prevented from recurring on the premise of establishing reliable and effective follow-up assistance mechanisms. China's poverty alleviation efforts have explored new paths for human poverty reduction. Eliminating poverty is a global challenge. Different countries have different national conditions and development stages, and their poverty reduction standards, methods, pathways, and means are also different. China's poverty reduction is based on its own national conditions, deeply grasping the characteristics of poverty in China and the laws of poverty governance. It always adheres to the people-centered approach and solemnly promises not to leave behind any poverty-stricken area or group. It adheres to targeted poverty alleviation and implements policies for each village, household, and individual. It adheres to poverty alleviation through economic development and actively guides the flow of talent, capital, and technology to poverty-stricken areas. It adheres to poverty alleviation through promoting the development of local characteristic industries, helping poverty-stricken areas improve infrastructure, and developing industries with "hematopoietic" functions according to local conditions. It adheres to poverty alleviation through promoting common prosperity, and promotes "pairing" mutual assistance between developed and underdeveloped areas. The valuable experience that China has explored and formed in poverty reduction practice belongs not only to China but also to the world, expanding humanity. Anti poverty ideas, Explored new paths for human poverty reduction. Always adhere to putting the people at the center. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out with deep emotion: "I have worked in villages, counties, cities, provinces, and central governments in China, and poverty alleviation is an important part of my work and a major task that I aspire to accomplish." The Communist Party of China is a political party with great aspirations, and its ultimate goal is to enable all people to live a good life. Since entering the new era, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has regarded poverty alleviation as a hard task that must be completed to comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society and achieve the first centenary goal, and has incorporated it into the overall economic and social development plan for deployment. A series of unconventional policy measures have been introduced, which is itself a great choice made with the people at the center. During the 8-year period of poverty alleviation, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over 7 central poverty alleviation work symposiums, conducted more than 50 in-depth investigations into poverty alleviation work at the grassroots level, and traveled to 14 concentrated and contiguous extremely impoverished areas across the country. The whole party is united, and at the provincial, municipal, county, township (town), and village levels, "military orders" have been issued, responsibility agreements have been signed, and the responsibility system for poverty alleviation has been implemented. The vast number of Party members and cadres have gone to their missions with passion and fulfilled their promises with actions. More than 3 million first secretaries and village cadres have rooted themselves in the front line and worked hard. On the battlefield of poverty alleviation without gunpowder, more than 1800 party members and cadres have sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of poverty reduction, fulfilling the party's commitment to the people with practical actions. It can be said that the battle against poverty in the new era profoundly interprets the people centered development thought of the CPC, and is the most concentrated, full and vivid embodiment of the CPC's purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly in the new era. Throughout the history of humanity's long-term struggle against poverty, eliminating poverty is by no means a natural process of economic development. It requires the entire society and country to make choices and trade-offs. China's poverty reduction practice has shown that only by truly putting the interests of the people first, can arduous poverty reduction practices have unwavering motivation, clear direction of progress, and strong institutional guarantees. Persist in targeted poverty alleviation. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "precision is the key to poverty alleviation and development, and precision is the key to success or failure." There are hundreds of types of poverty and thousands of difficulties, and poverty problems are diverse and complex. It is necessary to base poverty reduction strategies on national conditions and scientifically formulate them according to different stages of development and levels of economic and social development. At the end of 2012, the proportion of poverty-stricken population in China was about 10% of the total population, entering the internationally recognized "most difficult stage" of poverty reduction. Since the reform and opening up, the "trickle down effect" of poverty reduction driven by rural economic system reform and economic growth has gradually decreased, and impoverished people generally hope to have more sense of gain. The "precision poverty alleviation" strategy proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping is timely, answering a series of difficult problems in poverty reduction work such as "who to support, who to support, how to support, and how to withdraw", and determining the operable poverty alleviation indicators of "two assurances and three guarantees". The poverty alleviation path has shifted from "flood irrigation" to "precision drip irrigation", the use of resources has shifted from multi headed decentralization to overall planning and concentration, and the poverty alleviation method has shifted from emphasizing "blood transfusion" to focusing on "blood making". It can be said that without theoretical innovation centered on "precision", there would be no poverty reduction miracle achieved by China in 8 years to lift nearly 100 million impoverished people out of poverty. China's poverty reduction practice has shown that a key unlocks a lock, and the occurrence and evolution of poverty have their own characteristics and laws. Poverty reduction must start from reality, target different poverty-stricken groups and causes of poverty, adapt to the times, situations, and local conditions, and continuously promote institutional and practical innovation through theoretical innovation in order to achieve ideal poverty governance effectiveness. UN Secretary General Guterres believes that "precise poverty alleviation strategies are the only way to help impoverished populations and achieve the ambitious goals set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China's experience can provide useful reference for other developing countries." He insists on supporting poverty in economic development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "development is the general way to shake off the poverty hat" and "making development the fundamental way to solve poverty". The problem of poverty ultimately boils down to a development issue. In the history of global poverty struggle, there have been various theoretical and practical explorations. Some people believe that poverty can be eliminated by relying on welfare assistance; Some people also believe that with the continuous growth of material wealth, even without social policy intervention, poverty problems will naturally be solved. But practice has proven that relying solely on aid can lead to a decline in economic efficiency; Relying solely on growth will lead to the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Separating poverty alleviation from economic development is like seeking fish from a tree; Focusing solely on economic growth without considering the development of impoverished groups will inevitably lead to a "lame economy", ultimately affecting the healthy and sustainable development of the economy. Only through economic development can poverty alleviation be the fundamental way to get rid of poverty. For impoverished people, only by mastering a skill, engaging in an industry, and relying on their own efforts to support their families and serve society, can they firmly grasp the "golden key" to achieving a happy life in their own hands. For impoverished areas, a place with industries that can drive employment,

Edit:Yi Yi Responsible editor:Li Nian

Source:people.cn

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