China unveiled
a new government body for the promotion of rural vitalization on
Thursday as the world's most populous country declared an end to
absolute poverty, shifting its policy focus to further boosting rural
areas. The new
national administration for rural vitalization is the successor to the
State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and
Development, which focused on overseeing China's poverty alleviation
efforts. The debut of
the new administration came after China's announcement of "complete
victory" in eradicating absolute poverty, marking the transition of the
country's policy priority from poverty alleviation to comprehensively
promoting rural vitalization. A grand
gathering was also held in Beijing on Thursday to mark the country's
accomplishments in poverty alleviation and to honor its model poverty
fighters. Official data
shows that the final 98.99 million impoverished rural residents living
under the current poverty line have all been lifted out of poverty over
the past eight years. All of the 832 impoverished counties and 128,000
impoverished villages have been removed from the poverty list.
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