Building on Anti-Poverty Success, China Turns to Rural Vitalisation
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 vitalisation.
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 per cent of the global total over the same period, said a
white paper released this week 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 summarised 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 Decentralised 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 vitalisation, and pool more resources to energise the countryside.
In an important move to enable a smooth transition into rural vitalisation, China in February unveiled a new government body - the National Administration for Rural Vitalisation - to shift its policy focus to further boosting rural areas.