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White paper on poverty alleviation released
    2021-04-07  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

CHINA has greatly accelerated global poverty alleviation and written a new chapter in the history of the fight against poverty, according to a white paper released yesterday.

As the largest developing country, China has achieved rapid development in step with large-scale poverty alleviation and economic transformation in step with the elimination of extreme poverty.

It has completed all poverty eradication targets and tasks on schedule, said the white paper titled “Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution” issued by the State Council Information Office.

In the battle against poverty, China has accumulated valuable experience, which belongs both to China itself and to the rest of the world, and offers enlightenment to the international community, it said.

Bearing in mind its prevailing reality and understanding the nature of poverty and the status of poverty reduction, China embarked on a path of poverty reduction and designed an approach with Chinese characteristics.

People-centered philosophy is the fundamental driving force behind China’s cause of poverty reduction.

Success has proven that the problem of poverty, in essence, is how the people should be treated, according to the white paper.

China’s poverty elimination effort in the new era is a full and vivid expression of its people-centered philosophy and the CPC’s mission of serving the people wholeheartedly, it said.

China’s successful and valuable experience in eliminating extreme poverty has enriched and extended the theory of international poverty alleviation, served as a reference for other countries to choose a suitable path of poverty reduction, and offered China’s approach to solving the problem of modern national governance and creating brighter prospects for social progress, the white paper said.

The country is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other countries on poverty reduction, and will support international poverty reduction and make a greater contribution to building a global community of shared future that is free from poverty and blessed with common prosperity.

The Chinese Government has increased funding and provided strong financial guarantee for winning the battle against poverty, said the white paper.

Investment from the central, provincial, city and county governments has totaled nearly 1.6 trillion yuan (US$244.2 billion), it said.

China prioritizes the basic rights of subsistence and development of the disadvantaged groups among women, children, the elderly and the disabled while fighting poverty.

Among nearly 100 million who have shaken off poverty, women account for half, according to the white paper.

Small-sum guaranteed loans and micro credit amounting to more than 450 billion yuan (US$68.7 billion) have been provided to impoverished women, which have helped 8.7 million women to start businesses and increase their incomes.

China has assisted 192,000 women who suffer from poverty and diseases and launched a program of free cervical and breast cancer checkups to cover all women in poverty-stricken areas.

Some 4.17 billion yuan has been invested in titled campaigns to provide 50 million impoverished mothers in impoverished areas with infrastructure and health benefits, as well daily necessities.

The government gives a free daily pack of nutritional dietary supplements to every baby and toddler aged 6-24 months in contiguous destitute areas. By the end of 2020, a total of 11.2 million children in those areas had benefitted from this project.

China has spent 1.7 billion yuan on operations and rehabilitation for 223,000 orphans with disabilities. Some 540 million yuan from the public welfare has been used to carry out a program to support school education for 54,000 orphans. A support system for de facto orphans has been established in China to cover 253,000 such children.

The subsidy system for the poor population of advanced age and incapacitated seniors has been put into place, benefiting 36.89 million people.

More than 7 million poor people with disabilities have been lifted out of poverty as scheduled. This is a historic achievement in poverty reduction among groups with special difficulties.

The systems for providing living allowances for poor people with disabilities and nursing subsidies for severely disabled persons cover more than 24 million people. China includes 10.67 million people with disabilities in the system of subsistence allowances.

(Xinhua)

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