Harvesting fruits of poverty alleviation
A journalist reflects on China's poverty alleviation efforts, citing the removal of millions from absolute poverty and the development of rural infrastructure. The article highlights specific success stories in villages like Baihang and Simola.
Why it matters
This provides insight into China's internal development strategies and the government's narrative regarding its socio-economic achievements.
As a journalist who has chronicled China's poverty alleviation efforts for years, I know the statistics of that impressive achievement by heart: 98.99 million impoverished rural residents lifted out of absolute poverty, 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 villages removed from the poverty list, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda's poverty goal reached a decade early.
But reading about poverty alleviation is one thing and witnessing it firsthand is quite another. I spent three months in China this year, traveling through its cities, villages, provinces and autonomous regions. What I saw in four villages in different parts of the country was an eye-opener. I saw what the poverty-reduction numbers truly mean, and was deeply impressed by the leadership that made it possible.
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