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Today, Lu Yanyan, anchor of Shanghe Financial Media, will study with you "Xi Jinping's Study Questions and Answers on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era" "How to understand that winning the battle against poverty has written a new chapter in the history of human anti-poverty?" ”
How to understand that winning the battle against poverty has written a new chapter in the history of human anti-poverty?
November 23, 2020, destined to be an extraordinary day in history, the last nine poverty-stricken counties in the mainland announced their hats. So far, after eight years of continuous struggle, all 832 poverty-stricken counties across the country have been lifted out of poverty, nearly 100 million poor people under the current standards have been lifted out of poverty, and regional overall poverty has been completely solved. One thousand years in one step, the dream comes true. Winning the battle against poverty is a great cause in the history of the Chinese nation that has shone through the ages and blazed through the annals of history, and has written a new chapter in the history of mankind's anti-poverty struggle.
The eradication of poverty is a dream of humankind. In history, industrious and brave Chinese people have made unremitting efforts to get rid of poverty, but they have never changed the fate of poverty, and even some feudal prosperous times are still "prosperous times of hunger". Eliminating poverty, improving people's livelihood and achieving common prosperity are the essential requirements of socialism and an important mission of our party. Since its founding, our party has set the goal of seeking happiness for the toiling people and waged an arduous struggle. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, our party has led the people to continuously declare war on poverty. In 1982, it began to carry out organized and planned large-scale poverty alleviation actions, in 1986 it established the policy of development-oriented poverty alleviation, and since 1994 it has successively implemented the National Eight-Seven Poverty Alleviation Plan and the Outline of China's Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development in two decades. Measured by current rural poverty standards, the number of rural poor people fell from 770 million at the end of 1978 to 98.99 million at the end of 2012, and the incidence of rural poverty fell from 97.5% at the end of 1978 to 10.2% at the end of 2012. The mainland has made great achievements in poverty alleviation and development, with the number of poor people greatly reduced, the living standards of the poor people markedly improved, and the appearance of impoverished areas undergoing fundamental changes.
After long-term efforts, the areas and populations that are easy to get rid of poverty have been almost solved, and the rest are poverty among poverty and poverty in poverty. Poverty is not socialism, and it is our party's unshirkable responsibility to lift all poor areas and poor people out of poverty. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that by the 100th anniversary of the founding of our party, if the problem of poverty alleviation has not been solved, how will the party's purpose be reflected and our commitments fulfilled? Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has adhered to the people-centered development thinking, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, placed poverty alleviation in a prominent position in governing the country, given full play to the leadership of the Party and the political advantages of the mainland socialist system, adopted many original and unique major measures, organized and implemented the largest and most powerful poverty alleviation battle in human history, completed the goal of poverty alleviation in the new era as scheduled, and achieved major victories that impressed the world. Winning the battle against poverty has laid a solid foundation for the realization of the first centennial goal, consolidated the ruling foundation of our party, consolidated the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, eliminated absolute poverty for the first time in the history of the development of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and greatly enhanced the people's sense of gain, happiness and security.
Winning the battle against poverty has made historic contributions to the cause of poverty alleviation for mankind. In terms of the scale of poverty reduction, the mainland is the country with the largest poverty reduction population in the world. According to the World Bank's international poverty standard of US$1.9 per person per day, more than 800 million poor people in the mainland have been lifted out of poverty since the reform and opening up, accounting for more than 70% of the global poverty reduction population in the same period, exceeding the population of European countries combined. From the perspective of poverty reduction speed, the mainland has solved the problem of absolute poverty in just a few decades, achieved the poverty reduction goal set by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, and continued to be at the forefront of global poverty reduction. The mainland's great achievements in poverty alleviation and development have been widely praised by the international community. This great achievement is enough to be recorded in the annals of the development of human society and to prove to the world the remarkable advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
Winning the battle against poverty has provided Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for global poverty reduction governance. With more than 700 million people still living in extreme poverty, having warm housing, adequate food and stable jobs is a luxury for many families. Poverty eradication remains the biggest global challenge facing the world today, and there is a long way to go to achieve the global goal of poverty reduction. China has always been an active advocate and strong promoter of poverty reduction in the world, and has successfully embarked on a road of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics in its long-term practice and exploration. This path embodies China's unique wisdom and institutional achievements in promoting targeted poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation, and provides reference for international poverty reduction governance, especially for accelerating the process of poverty alleviation in developing countries. For example, a set of top-down and bottom-up accurate identification mechanisms combining has been gradually formed and improved, which has positive significance for the improvement of international poverty reduction methods. It emphasizes giving full play to the initiative of the main body of poverty alleviation, "will" and "wisdom" to stimulate the endogenous driving force of poverty alleviation, and provide useful enlightenment for the innovation of international poverty governance theory. UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke highly that China's targeted poverty alleviation strategy is the only way to help the poor and achieve the ambitious goals set by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and China's experience can provide useful reference for other developing countries.
The ice of poverty is not a day's cold; The work of breaking the ice is not the warmth of spring. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that poverty alleviation is not the end, but the beginning of a new life and a new struggle. At present, the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development on the mainland is still prominent, and we must consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation and resolutely prevent the phenomenon of large-scale return to poverty. It is necessary to do a good job in the effective connection with rural revitalization, maintain the overall stability of assistance policies, improve the normalization of assistance for low-income rural populations, ensure the basic livelihood of the masses, focus on narrowing the income gap, let all the people share the fruits of development, and make more obvious substantive progress in common prosperity.
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Shanghe financial media anchor Lv Yanyan