Chen Zhigang, Deputy Director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, spoke highly of China’s efforts in lifting more than 700 million people out of poverty. He pointed out that it is a result of strong leadership, comprehensive policies, targeted measures, increased investment and an incentive mechanism, providing inspirations for global poverty alleviation governance.
Bert Hofman, World Bank Country Director of China, Mongolia and Korea, supported Chen’s point by analyzing the international application of China’s poverty reduction experiences. He highlighted both enabling social economic environment for broad poverty reduction and specifically tailored anti-poverty approaches in the following five aspects. These include i) long-term overarching strategic planning and policy, ii) gradual economic reform, job growth and continual infrastructure improvement, iii) boosting agricultural productivity, iv) targeted and systemic poverty reduction. v) urbanization driven by industry-based development zones.
Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea, called for greater south-south cooperation to accelerate the global eradication of extreme poverty. He said that to build a world where no one is left behind, and to help achieve SDG1 and SDG2, the invaluable poverty reduction policies and know-how generated in China and elsewhere should be made available to the international community.
