President Xi to honor contributors for country’s poverty alleviation work
Liu Xin Published: Feb 24, 2021 08:30 PM
Yang Wenli (left) of Miao ethnic group makes Miao costumes with colleagues at a poverty-alleviation workshop in Huawu village, Qianxi county of Bijie, Southwest China s Guizhou Province. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to deliver a speech at a national commendation conference on Thursday at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing to honor contributors to the country s poverty alleviation work.
Through eight years of sustained work, China has lifted all rural poor people, under the current standard, out of extreme poverty, with 832 counties, 128,000 villages and nearly 100 million poor people shaking off poverty. Xi made the remarks while presiding over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in December 2020.
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