底線任務
中共十八大以來，習近平多次強調，要善于運用底線思維的方法。底線思維是以底線為導向的一種思維方法和心態，要求不回避矛盾，不掩蓋不足，客觀分析每個可能出現的問題，并妥善加以解決。
這一思維方法也體現在習近平關于扶貧工作的重要論述之中。他指出，農村貧困人口如期脫貧、貧困縣全部摘帽、解決區域性整體貧困，是全面建成小康社會的底線任務，是中國共產黨作出的莊嚴承諾。沒有農村貧困人口全部脫貧，就沒有全面建成小康社會，這個底線任務不能打任何折扣，黨向人民作出的承諾不能打任何折扣。
中共十八大以來，中共中央把貧困人口脫貧作為全面建成小康社會的底線任務和標志性指標，在全國范圍全面打響了脫貧攻堅戰。脫貧攻堅作為“底線任務”，不僅意味著要保質（“兩不愁三保障”）保量（農村貧困人口全部脫貧）完成，還意味著脫貧攻堅作為全面建成小康社會“補短板”的關鍵任務，必須如期完成。
Bottom-Line Tasks for Achieving Moderate Prosperity
"Bottom-line thinking" is a way of thinking based on objective analysis of problems for proper solution, rather than blinding oneself to them or ignoring potential risks.
Xi advocates such an approach to poverty alleviation. He calls the goals of China's poverty elimination - to help the rural population eliminate poverty as scheduled, lift all poor counties out of poverty and solve overall regional poverty - "a bottom-line task" in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. It is also a solemn promise made by the Party. China cannot say that it has achieved this objective if its rural poor have not all been lifted out of poverty. This task must be fulfilled to the letter, and the Party's promise to the people must be honored in full.
Since 2012, the CPC Central Committee has taken this task as a symbol of building China into a society of moderate prosperity. It must be fulfilled as scheduled both in "quality" (assuring those living in poverty of adequate food and clothing and guaranteeing their access to compulsory education, basic medical services and safe housing) and in "quantity" (lifting all out of poverty).
