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Accomplishment hailed as remarkable victory that has greatly impressed world China has achieved its goal of poverty reduction as planned and
lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty in the past eight years,
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee, said on Thursday. Xi made the remark at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He was briefed about the
assessment of poverty alleviation work. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party has taken lots
of innovative and creative measures to reduce poverty and has waged a
war against poverty of the largest ever scale in mankind's history, Xi
said. Xi announced that with eight years of continuous efforts, all rural
people, based on the current criteria in China, have been lifted out of
poverty. All remaining counties have been removed from the country's poverty
list, and absolute poverty and overall regional poverty have been
eliminated in the country, Xi said, adding that this is a remarkable
victory that has greatly impressed the world. Since the start of reform and opening-up in 1978, China has adjusted
the standard for absolute poverty several times to keep it in line with
the country's social and economic development. The current rural poverty line is 2,300 yuan per person per year at
the 2010 price level. The specific figure is subject to adjustment as
the country's price levels change. In 2019, the poverty line was 3,218
yuan ($490), according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The great victory in poverty reduction has laid solid foundations for
the fulfillment of the first centenary goal－to finish building a
moderately prosperous society in all respects by the time the CPC
celebrates its centenary in 2021－and has boosted the people's feeling of
gain, happiness and safety, Xi said. The livelihood of the people in poverty-stricken areas has been
greatly improved, and the people have sufficient food and clothing, as
well as access to compulsory education, basic medical services and safe
housing, he added. In poverty reduction work, the CPC has put the people first and made efforts to help poor people lead a happy life, he said. Party committees and governments at all levels and society have
coordinated with each other, the coastal and inland areas have helped
each other, and officials have worked hard, which has demonstrated the
CPC's mission, responsibility and spirit of sacrifice, he said. Noting that the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development
still exists in China, Xi said that it remains an arduous task to
consolidate the achievements of poverty reduction. He urged implementation of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of
the 19th Central Committee of the CPC and called for maintaining the
stability of the current poverty alleviation policies, funds and forces. Xi called for continuous efforts to help people avoid returning to
poverty, with measures such as promoting poverty-reduction industries,
improving infrastructure in rural areas, expanding markets for rural
products and providing skills training. He also urged enhanced management of poverty-reduction funds and
assets, help for workers to get jobs near their home, and measures to
ensure the people's basic livelihood.
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