China highlights success in fighting poverty and says world can benefit from the lessons it offers

Name: Xi Jinping declares ‘complete victory’ in China’s anti-poverty campaign, but some still left behind
Uploaded: 2021-04-06T15:00:06.000Z
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Description: Xi Jinping declares ‘complete victory’ in China’s anti-poverty campaign, but some still left behind

Beijing says it can share its knowledge with other countries and adds they can also benefit from its Belt and Road Initiative

Report comes as China faces increasing international criticism over Xinjiang, and one observer says highlighting successes is its way of countering criticism

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China hailed the success of its targeted anti-poverty initiatives. Photo: Xinhua

Wendy Wu

Published: 11:00pm, 6 Apr 2021Updated: 1:04am, 7 Apr 2021

China has published a white paper promoting its success in alleviating poverty and says it can offer lessons for the rest of the world.

Beijing released a 30,000-word document on Tuesday called Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution “to record the course of the Chinese people’s great fight in eliminating extreme poverty, introduce China’s approach and share its experiences and actions in poverty alleviation”.

It also promoted the benefits of the country’s signature international infrastructure policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, saying it could help other countries in their own fight against poverty.

Earlier this year the country officially declared that it had achieved complete success in eliminating extreme poverty, lifting 850 million people out of destitution over the past four decades, and hailed it as an accomplishment unmatched by any nation in modern history.

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Xi Jinping declares ‘complete victory’ in China’s anti-poverty campaign, but some still left behind

The white paper said China’s experiences “would serve as a reference for other countries to choose a suitable path of poverty alleviation, and offer China’s approach to solving the problem of modern national governance and creating brighter prospects for social progress”.