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China's reform and opening-up era began in 1978, marking a shift from Maoist policies to economic modernization and openness to the global economy. The reforms introduced between 1978 and 2013 had profound effects on China's economy, society, and development trajectory. President Xi Jinping's comprehensive reform agenda in 2013 further contributed to economic modernization, improved governance, social integration, and environmental sustainability. China's progress over the past 40-plus years has lifted millions out of poverty, transformed it into a global manufacturing powerhouse, and enhanced its geopolitical influence. The country's reform and opening up have also had significant impacts on the world, including its role in global supply chains, contribution to global economic growth, and geopolitical influence through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative. [Extracted from the article]

China and the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region are partnering to address the global crisis in human rights. The first China-Latin American and Caribbean States Roundtable on Human Rights recently took place in Brazil, bringing together officials, experts, scholars, and representatives from various countries. This dialogue aims to bridge cultural divides and strengthen global human rights governance by respecting diverse civilizations and fostering cross-cultural learning. The partnership between China and the LAC region strengthens the Global South's voice in human rights discussions and promotes a more equitable global governance structure. [Extracted from the article]

China's Global Development Initiative (GDI) is a transformative force in the international arena, aimed at fostering connectivity and cooperation between continents. The GDI focuses on development and has eight priorities, including poverty alleviation, food security, and climate change. It is distinct from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which focuses on connectivity along ancient Silk Road routes. Both initiatives promote win-win international cooperation and contribute to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The GDI has gained endorsement from over 100 nations and operates as an open platform for promoting common development and prosperity. It emphasizes principles of equality, justice, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. The GDI pays attention to the challenges faced by developing countries and provides technical and financial support to facilitate their development. [Extracted from the article]

During the program, we visited companies like Tencent (a Chinese Internet giant), Honor (a Chinese smartphone brand) and Ping An (one of the largest financial services companies in China) in Shenzhen. Also, I would love to discuss in depth how smart education has changed China, and how China has equipped youths for a smarter life in the era of artificial intelligence. China's digital economy has been evolving rapidly in recent years, showcasing the nation's prowess as a global leader in technology and innovation. [Extracted from the article]

China and India have been major contributors to the increase in global vegetation growth, according to NASA. China's tree-planting programs and intensive agricultural activities have led to a significant increase in leaf area. China's success in eradicating absolute poverty in 2020 demonstrated that ecological restoration and economic development can go hand in hand. President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of integrating the environment with the economy, leading to the emergence of profitable industries such as the new-energy sector. China is now sharing its concept of mutually supportive environmental and economic development internationally to strengthen cooperation and create a better world. [Extracted from the article]

The China-Central Asia Human Rights Development Forum is an important dialogue between China and Central Asian states, focusing on human rights protection. This article specifically addresses the fundamental human right of living with dignity but not in poverty. While Central Asian countries have experienced economic growth, poverty rates remain high. The article suggests that Central Asian countries can learn from China's success in combating poverty, particularly through infrastructure development and tourism. The cooperation between China and Central Asia in poverty alleviation has the potential to bring about positive change and generate hope and optimism among communities. [Extracted from the article]

Former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect behind China's pro-market reforms, famously said, "Poverty is not socialism. Decades of rapid growth have served as the bedrock of the country's development, without which China's poverty alleviation miracle would not have been possible. China has achieved a complete victory in its fight against poverty. [Extracted from the article]

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Vienna Declaration) adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights held by the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. They have instrumentalized, politicized and ideologized human rights issues, obstructing effective discussions on real global human rights issues and undermining global human rights governance. The Vienna Declaration, with its effective exploration of the path to promoting and protecting human rights, is significant for overcoming today's chaos in global human rights governance. [Extracted from the article]

Du Yinhua, a formerly poor farmer in Mazigou Village in Gansu, said, "They often came to my home, patiently explaining the national poverty alleviation policy and offered their insights on how we could plan our way out of poverty." Global recognition Since 1978 when it adopted the reform and opening-up policy, China has lifted over 750 million people out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 percent of poverty reduction worldwide. However, as a developing country with a large population, China's poverty reduction practices can provide other developing countries with new approaches in many ways", Li said. [Extracted from the article]

CHONGQING In the vast and diverse landscapes of the rural areas of Chongqing in southwest China, a remarkable transformation is unfolding. Integrated approaches To consolidate its achievements and build a "defense line against returning to poverty", Chongqing has effectively linked the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements with rural revitalization. Chongqing's progress can be attributed to the unwavering dedication of government officials in prioritizing poverty alleviation and rural development. [Extracted from the article]

The announcement was made during a recent trip by Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft and cochair of the foundation, to China. GATES DONATES TO BEIJING HEALTH INSTITUTE The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $50 million over the next five years to support the Beijing-based Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) in its efforts to improve health outcomes worldwide through lifesaving therapies for infectious diseases. As the backbone of China's inland water transport system, the Yangtze has also supported the rise of its riverside trade-intensive cities and towns with a fluid movement of people and goods. [Extracted from the article]

It is the product of China's very long and unique history, and it also fits the very particular economic and geopolitical context China is in today, but doesn't fit or pretend to fit other countries. China has spent close to 1.6 trillion yuan ($235.3 billion) of all levels of financial funding directly dedicated to lifting people out of poverty, while the U.S. spent more in the past 20 years in its post-September 11 wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. For instance, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School conducted a 13-year-long study interrogating the Chinese population, which they summarized in a 2020 report entitled Understanding CPC (Communist Party of China) Resilience. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on a campaign launched in Chongqing, China which aims at eliminating poverty by ensuring access to compulsory education for all, basic medical care and safe housing. It mentions that the campign aims at the registration of the poverty-stricken population and implementation of the targeted poverty alleviation strategy. It also informs on encouraging developed cities and areas as well as big enterprises to assist disadvantaged areas.

The article offers information on Yunnan, which borders Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam, has 25 ethnic minorities which aims to finish the poverty. Topics discussed include that the vast mountainous areas in the province have been identified as a major target for the government's poverty alleviation which is flanked by snow-capped mountains bordering Myanmar in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dulongjiang Township; and mentions comment of Gao Derong, the former head of the township.

Some claim that China, the world's second largest economy and a global leader in hi-tech development, should be considered a developed country; others argue that China cannot be considered a developed country because its per-capita economic indicators rank low globally. China has eradicated absolute poverty, achieving the poverty reduction goal of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule. In 2022, China's per-capita GDP stood at $12,741, one fifth the average for developed economies and one sixth that of the United States. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Eco- Forum Global Annual Conference held at Guiyang International Eco-Conference Center in Guiyang in Guizhou Sheng, China as of July 26, 2018. Topics discussed include importance of mitigating climate change for environment and health along with poverty alleviation of people, views of Zou Lianke, Director of Guizhou's Department of Education, on the same, and economic growth of Guizhou.

The article focuses on redesign development strategies, policies and plans of China and major industrial products, including iron and steel, coal, cement, electrolytic aluminum and refined copper. Topics discussed include China has made great headway in improving people's livelihoods in addition to poverty elimination, National People's Congress exercising the highest state power and multiple benefits of foreign investment including tax contribution, job creation and local incomes.

In many counties in Guizhou, poverty alleviation has been based on stimulating labor migration to cities in east China. Poverty is a violation of human rights. China's poverty alleviation policy - delivered at national, provincial and local levels demonstrates this. [Extracted from the article]

BOOK REVIEW Recently, Ju Li, a novelist based in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, launched his newest book Xingfu Shenghuo (Better Off). Between 2013 and 2020, more than 3 million officials were dispatched as first Party secretaries and resident officials to poor villages, fighting on the frontlines of poverty alleviation alongside nearly 2 million township officials and millions of village officials. As Ju's novel noted: The lack of (good) education, the lack of (good) jobs and/or job growth, the lack of infrastructure; these are just a few examples. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses economic growth of Fuping County in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, which has alleviated poverty by tapping agricultural potentials. It states that region is still on the list of the poorest counties in China mainly due to its geographic conditions, and mentions that most of the regions land is mountains. It notes that conditions in the region started to change following President Xi Jinping's inspection and measures for the region.

The article discusses the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CPC) National Congress held at the Beijing Exhibition Center on September 29, 2019. Topics include historical facts related to CPC like the "cultural revolution" of 1966-1976; role of CPC's policies in leading China out of poverty, and achieving significant economic growth; and significance of one-party governance; and popularity of President Xi Jinping's.

The article offers information on the Tangyue Village in China, creating a model for poverty alleviation. Topics discussed include the economic reform in the village driven by the flood in June 2014, the establishment of the rural cooperative, a profit-sharing model, in the village, and the introduction of the governance reform.

This article discusses how China is alleviating extreme poverty in the country's poorest places. Topics covered include China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects by 2020, the areas in China suffering from extreme poverty, including the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the government's effort at encouraging enterprises, like the Evergrande Group, and non-governmental organizations and individuals to participate in poverty alleviation work.

This is a testimony to the progress China has made in environmental protection and ecological civilization and how the country is forging a new relationship between humans and nature. The rates of crimes like robbery and physical violence are indeed very low in China. 'I am so happy to meet you, my African brother", "It's a pleasure to have friends visiting from afar", "Building an African-Chinese community with a shared future in the new era", "China will always be Africa's partner of mutual respect,"… These are just a handful of expressions I have often heard over the more than six months I have been in China. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the accession of China to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Topics discussed include the country's advocacy of free trade, the benefits of its WTO accession such as increased national income, poverty relief progress, and economic growth, and the anti-dumping investigations against the country.

FEATURES April 2020 saw the launch of an airlift program carrying medical supplies from China to Mexico, just 39 days after Mexico reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case. Similarly, Mexico must bet on trade diversification, and trade with China also represents the gateway to the wider Asian market", Amapola Grijalva, President of the Mexico-China Chamber of Commerce and Technology, said. The event was hosted by the China International Communications Group (CICG) Center for the Americas - which comprises Beijing Review, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Mexico diplomatic relations. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the society in China as of July 2016. Topics discussed include the Communist Party of China's publication of a regulation regarding a new accountability mechanism, the statement of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on the 30 public-interest lawsuits filed by Chinese procuratorates by the end of June under a pilot reform, and the approval for 66 billion yuan to spend for poverty relief.

China is contributing greatly to global poverty alleviation efforts in the agricultural sector, Watson pointed out. "China has been supporting the FAO as the first country to participate in the FAO's South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) project, and has offered around $130 million in funding. FEATURES Ren Qianji, a single mother of three from Hezuo City in Gansu Province, used to support her family with the unstable income she earned doing odd jobs such as cleaning. [Extracted from the article]

Notably, China eradicated absolute poverty in 2020, achieving the poverty reduction goal of the 2030 Agenda 10 years ahead of schedule. The Global Development Initiative (GDI), proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly in September last year, is being well-received. One year on, the initiative is drawing China and many other nations together in pursuit of the goals laid out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. [Extracted from the article]

China and Peru have developed close trade ties since their establishment of diplomatic relations in 1971. At the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services, held in Beijing from August 31 to September 5, Peru displayed its distinctive alpaca wool products among others such as coffee and quinoa. The relevant agencies could exchange views about more products from Peru gaining market access to China. [Extracted from the article]

Since 2015, some 3 million cadres were dispatched to impoverished areas, living in the villages for one to three years at a time, to be part of and lead local poverty alleviation efforts. Triumphing over adversity The success of targeted poverty alleviation is a testament to China's socialist system: No state with a capitalist ruling class has ever before even attempted to introduce, let alone execute, a poverty alleviation program on this scale. OPINION PACIFIC DIALOGUE In late 2020, the Chinese Government announced that its goal to eliminate extreme poverty had been met. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses China's achievement of the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals' (MDGs) goal on poverty alleviation 5 years ahead of UN's 2015 deadline. Topics discussed include China's implementation of anti-poverty program to secure subsistence particularly food and clothing for poor rural residents, China's contributions to global poverty alleviation efforts and Chinese President Xi Jinping's vow to continue its fight against poverty.

I think there's a fantastic formula behind China's success in poverty alleviation: organization, state capacity at a level that we in the West can't imagine, and good intentions on the part of China's leaders. I don't think they really understand the scope and scale of China's poverty alleviation - 1.4 billion people are a huge constituency to take care of. Malcolm Clarke, a British director and two-time Academy Award winner, shared his views on how China's pursuit of xiaokang, or moderate prosperity, has changed people's lives with Beijing Review reporter Li Nan. [Extracted from the article]

Also, China has built the world's largest social security system and medical insurance system, with basic pension insurance covering nearly 1 billion people and basic medical insurance covering more than 1.3 billion. Wang Xiangming, a professor with the School of Marxism Studies at Renmin University of China, told press that building a xiaokang society has been a shared goal of the Party and the people. On July 1, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, announced that China had realized its first centenary goal - building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. [Extracted from the article]

China doesn't claim poverty eradication; it boasts a poverty alleviation program. Raiser's statement fails to take into account the culture and societal nature of China's poverty alleviation program. Poverty alleviation is not just a simple case of throwing money at a problem but a case by case program that considers sustainability and cost. [Extracted from the article]

The CPC will lead the nation in an unending effort to advance human rights while pursuing development of a higher quality - more innovative, coordinated, sustainable, open and inclusive. Protecting human rights is a perpetual pursuit of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Taking strengthening the safety net as an important way to improve human rights protection, China has put in place the world's largest social security system, including pensions, healthcare and social assistance, so that the nation's economic development benefits all, especially the most vulnerable groups. [Extracted from the article]

Women dressed in traditional ethnic attire pose at a vineyard in Awati County PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) A group of photographers made an art odyssey to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last year, exploring its natural beauty and the colorful lives of the people there. A show of solidarity among ethnic groups in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at a Xinjiang-themed photo exhibition in Beijing 2. [Extracted from the article]

The criticism that TV series on historic and serious topics may not be as appealing as pure entertainment actually reflects poor production, Yin said, adding that all TV series should be a true record of their times. CULTURE After watching a recent episode of The Awakening Age, a TV series on the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Yang Meng, a program engineer in Beijing, has plans to visit the Red Building in the capital during the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. Another series bucking the trend is Minning Town, also known as Shanhaiqing, produced by the Shandong Film and TV Media Group, the creator of several hit series. [Extracted from the article]

HEAD OF NEW GOVERNMENT BODY Wang Zhengpu has been appointed head of the National Administration for Rural Vitalization, the new government body for the promotion of rural vitalization. Anti-Addiction System Guancha.gmw.cn February 24 According to data from the China Internet Network Information Center, by December 2020, there were 989 million Internet users in China, with under-19s accounting for nearly 17 percent. Despite a late start, China has made rapid progress in hydrogen development, mastering core hydrogen fuel cell technologies. [Extracted from the article]

Qi Fabao, who was severely injured during last year's India-provoked border clash, received the title of hero regiment commander from China's military authorities for defending the border. A Historic Leap Outlook Weekly February 8 Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, the CPC and the government have given greater priority to poverty alleviation and fought the biggest and most vigorous battle against poverty in history. Canturk Alagoz, CEO of Turkey-based Keymen Pharmaceuticals, telling Xinhua News Agency "China's political form allows for long-term economic planning, which is crucial for drawing up strategies for poverty alleviation. [Extracted from the article]

COVER STORY Teshome Toga, Ethiopian Ambassador That's a huge task that requires a lot of work, good investment and policy strategy as well as very strong and dedicated leadership. My colleagues who visited the areas most affected by poverty [in China] and saw the poverty alleviation efforts were very impressed. I think the approach China took is what economists or social workers call the multidimensional poverty index, because poverty cannot be described based on just someone's income or where he or she lives. [Extracted from the article]

OUT OF POVERTY DuZhanyuan, President of China International Publishing Group China has a great achievement in the fight against poverty. China has implemented targeted poverty alleviation approaches, with the government leading all walks of life to contribute their efforts. In 2009, FAO and China jointly established the FAO-China SouthSouth Cooperation Programme, with an initial contribution of $30 million, followed by an additional $50 million in 2015. [Extracted from the article]

Soybean Record A new variety of soybean developed in Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has produced a record per unit yield in the region, local agricultural authorities said on November 9. The northeastern region is the main soybean production base in the country, with Heilongjiang ac-counting for nearly half of the total soybean planting area in China. Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga visited China in February at the critical stage of epidemic prevention and control in China and said Mongolia would present 30,000 sheep as a token of support. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers an update on China's anti-poverty program as of April 2012. It notes that the task of poverty alleviation in China is the responsibility of the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOPAD). The LGOPAD has identified 592 counties as poverty-stricken based on factors such as per-capita net income, per-capita government revenue, and the number of people living below the poverty line. It proposes a 20 percent increase in poverty reduction funds in 2012.

On September 21, during the general debate of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to all member states the building of a global community of development with a shared future. The solution put forward by Xi underlines the importance of common prosperity in achieving sustainable development and building a global development community. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated economic and gender inequality, as well as inequality among vulnerable groups. [Extracted from the article]