New Poverty Reduction Database raises hopes for poverty alleviation

By Rabi Sankar Bosu
0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, June 7, 2017
Adjust font size:
Rooftop solar panels gleaming under the sun are a common sight in villages of Zuoquan County. The electricity they generate has been successfully hooked up to the grid at a cost of about RMB 0.98 per watt, so enabling each household to earn an extra income of as much as RMB 7,000 a year. The local government began promoting the photovoltaic industry throughout the county in 2016 in its efforts to alleviate poverty. [Photo/China.org.cn]

"To build a well-off society in an all-round way is a solemn promise to our people. The government must make poverty alleviation the top priority, to ensure that all poor people live in a well-off society and enjoy essential social services by 2020." 

                                                                   – President Xi Jinping

On May 26, 2017, the Chinese government launched the Global Poverty Reduction Online Knowledge Sharing Database at the 2017 China Poverty Reduction International Forum in Beijing. Chinese leaders' strong commitment to eliminating hunger and illiteracy, has certainly helped China's economic and social advancement and deserves much praise.

The newly-formed database is an enlarged part of the Global Poverty Reduction & Inclusive Growth Portal launched jointly by the China Internet Information Center and the International Poverty Reduction Center in May last year.

As China continues to take a more active role in poverty alleviation on the global stage, it is an ideal position to be a close partner with other developing countries and share the lessons it has learned from its own poverty reduction experience.

Undoubtedly, China's experience in reducing poverty can offer useful lessons to other developing countries.

There are still more than 700 million people living in poverty in the world today, a curse for developing and underdeveloped countries. Developing nations such as India and underdeveloped African nations face acute poverty. It's true that despite vast physical and cultural resources, Indian masses, both in rural and urban areas, have been reeling under poverty and unemployment for centuries.

The World Bank has revised its international poverty line norm from $1.25 to $1.90 a day. According to this norm, India has the highest number of people living below poverty line – 30 percent of the population.

Thousands of families in India cannot find enough to feed themselves and, in a moment of complete dejection, they commit suicide, often collectively. A total of 48 percent of Indians don't even have access to toilets. Around 65 percent of rural households have no sanitation facility, while the corresponding figure for urban areas is 11 percent. A third of the population in India does not have any electricity connection.

Rural poverty is further compounded by India's enormous health burden; India accounts for more than one quarter of the world's TB cases and deaths. In India, most villages don't possess even a small hospital. Unfortunately, in India's noisy political democracy, politicians are not too interested in intervening.

On the other hand, it is well known that China has recorded tremendous achievements in poverty alleviation. Thanks to thirty-eight years of reform, opening-up and socialist modernization first promoted by Deng Xiaoping, China has lifted over 700 million people out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 percent of the global reduction in poverty and significantly made life better for its 1.3 billion-plus people. This is an unparalleled achievement and truly inspiring.

According to the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020), China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, is aiming to eliminate poverty by 2020. A total of 55.64 million Chinese rural residents were lifted out of poverty from 2013 to 2016, and at least another 10 million will shake off poverty by the end of this year, meaning the number of rural Chinese lifted out of poverty in five years will exceed 65 million – roughly the population of a major European country such as Britain, France or Italy.

China's approach to development over the last 40 years has built up the world's second largest economy tipped to overtake the U.S. within the next decade. India's GDP per capita fell behind China around 1990; the latter's economy now is more than five times larger on a per capita basis – $8,260 to $1,718.

China has come up with many innovative and effective practices in targeted poverty alleviation. In the course of realizing the "Two Centenary Goals" and the Chinese Dream of revitalizing the nation, it has focused on safeguarding and improving people's well-being, advancing all social programs, and protecting people's rights to equal participation and development.

President Xi Jinping said at the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 8, 2017, "It is the Party's solemn pledge to help all impoverished rural population out of poverty under the current standard and delist all poor counties by 2020."

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) calculates that China has contributed 76 percent of all global poverty reduction to date. With a truly remarkable track record, China is undoubtedly a world-leader in poverty reduction and improving health outcomes and there is a lot the rest of the world can learn from its experience, including India.

Rabi Sankar Bosu, Secretary of New Horizon Radio Listeners' Club, West Bengal, India

Opinion articles reflect the views of their authors only, not necessarily those of China.org.cn.

Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.
ChinaNews App Download
Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Enter the words you see:   
    Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久综合热88| jizzjizzjizzjizz日本| 日本一区二区三区在线视频观看免费 | 做受视频60秒试看| 日韩欧美久久一区二区| 国产一级生活片| 92午夜少妇极品福利无码电影| 小说区综合区首页| 久久777国产线看观看精品| 日韩精品无码一区二区三区不卡 | 日本VA欧美VA精品发布| 久久精品国产精品国产精品污| 精品亚洲A∨无码一区二区三区| 国产又粗又大又爽又黄| 99精品国产高清一区二区| 暖暖免费高清日本中文| 午夜网站在线观看免费网址免费| 99aiav国产精品视频| 富二代国app产下载| 九九视频在线观看视频23| 粗喘撞吟np文古代| 噜噜噜噜噜在线观看视频| 91在线手机精品免费观看| 扶着大肚子从后面进| 久久久久国产精品免费免费搜索 | 啊公交车坐最后一排被c视频| 亚洲香蕉在线观看| 性欧美大战久久久久久久久| 亚洲国产亚洲片在线观看播放| 色婷婷免费视频| 国产精品第7页| av无码a在线观看| 新婚熄与翁公试婚小说| 么公的又大又深又硬视频| 桃花视频性视频| 依依成人精品视频在线观看| 黄网址在线永久免费观看| 国产欧美精品一区二区色综合| 2019天堂精品视频在线观看| 国产精品社区在线观看| 一个人看的片免费高清大全|