CGTN: How China's Poverty Eradication Work Contributes to the World
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 12:26PM IST (6:56AM GMT)
Beijing, China:
Since the reform and opening-up, more than 770 million of China's rural population living below the poverty line have been raised out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 percent of the global total over the same period by the World Bank's international poverty standard, a white paper on poverty alleviation reads.
The white paper was released Tuesday morning by China's State Council Information Office.
Against the backdrop of severe global poverty and a widening gap between the rich and the poor in some countries, China has won the battle against extreme poverty and achieved the poverty alleviation goal set on the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule.