A Tale of Poverty Eradication
【摘 要】Years of practice has made China blaze a trail with Chinese characteristics for poverty alleviation and accumulate valuable experience in promoting its cause of human rights through poverty reduction. By the end of 2018, the country’s total poor population stood at 16.6 million, with its poverty incidence dropping to 1.7 percent. The Chinese government has vowed to eradicate all poverty in its rural areas by 2020.
【期刊名称】《今日中国:英文版》 【年(卷),期】2019(068)009 【总页数】2
【关键词】Poverty Eradication; practice
Years of practice has made China blaze a trail with Chinese characteristics for poverty alleviation and accumulate valuable experience in promoting its cause of human rights through poverty reduction. By the end of 2018, the country's total poor population stood at 16.6 million, with its poverty incidence dropping to 1.7 percent. Thee Chinese government has vowed to eradicate all poverty in its rural areas by 2020.
To get a better understanding of how China's rural poor are rising above the poverty line, China Today reporters visited Fengdu County of Chongqing Municipality, a former povertystricken county. Resorting to a