On Thursday, Chinese Presidentlink Xi Jinpinglink declared “complete victory” ineradicating absolute poverty in the world’s most populous country, localmedia reported.
“The final 98.99 million impoverished rural residents living under thecurrent poverty line have all been lifted out of poverty,” Xinhua newsagency quoted Xi as saying at a ceremony.
China has over 1.4 billion population and its efforts for povertyalleviation has won praise globally, especially its close ally Pakistan hasvowed to follow the model.
All the 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 villages have been removedfrom the poverty list, he added.
“With such achievements,” Xi said, “China has created another miracle thatwill go down in history.”
China, the world’s second-largest economy, launched reform and opening upin the late 1970s and since then 770 million impoverished rural residentshave shaken off poverty, the president said.
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According to Xi, China contributed more than 70% of global povertyreduction in the past 40 years.
It was in 2012 that China embarked on its mission to change thepoverty-stricken lifestyle of its people, especially in rural areas.
According to China’s State Council Information Office, the Xi-led centralgovernment managed to lift at least 832 national-level counties out ofpoverty in the past eight years.
