Ten cases of Chinese poverty alleviation studies

Ten cases of Chinese poverty alleviation studies

Poverty alleviation is a global challenge. Over the past eight years, China has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, meeting the poverty eradication target set in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule and accomplishing its own poverty alleviation target as scheduled. To answer the question of why China can eradicate absolute poverty, New China Research (NCR), a think tank of China's Xinhua News Agency, published a research paper on February 28, in which the new concept of "Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies" is proposed to explain China's anti-poverty drive. The following 10 typical cases in China's poverty reduction practice are vivid illustrations of "Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies". Case 1: Register the impoverished population and provide tailored assistanceA long-running practical problem has yet to be solved worldwide “” how to accurately identify the poverty-stricken population, pin down the causes of their poverty and take customised measures for different people and households. Likewise, there was a time when China was also perplexed about how to provide targeted assistance to those in need merely with rough numbers of impoverished households but no more detailed information. Since 2014, China has established a national poverty alleviation information