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March 1, 2021

China: Prescription for Poverty

The 50-minute documentary "China: Prescription For Poverty" tells life-changing stories about hundreds of millions of people. Who are they? How did they fight poverty? What does it mean for the rest of the world? Our crew have travelled to where the battles were among the toughest, trying to unveil the secrets and wisdom behind China's war on poverty.
January 6, 2021

Gansu crafts a new future out of poverty

2020 is the decisive year for China's fight against poverty. China Daily's foreign reporters Jocelyn and Matt traveled across the country to discover the stories behind people's efforts to overcome poverty with the help of the internet.
January 5, 2021

China's poverty alleviation: A promise made and kept
December 15, 2020

China's war on poverty

After gathering and organizing materials for half a year, the American-Chinese co-production team of "China's Poverty Alleviation at the Grassroots" immersed themselves into the local lives of China's rural poor in remote mountainous areas. With "targeted poverty alleviation" being the main topic, five simple but touching stories personalize the process and depict the measures of combating poverty.
December 11, 2020

New life for cliffside residents

Not so long ago, Erbu's family lived a simple life in a village perched on the side of a cliff in Sichuan province, SW China. That all changed in May.
December 8, 2020

Villagers prospering after shaking off poverty in N China

Residents lifted out of poverty are embracing their new lives in Fuping county, north China's Hebei province.
December 7, 2020

China accomplishes its poverty alleviation target of the new era as scheduled

China has accomplished its poverty alleviation target of the new era as scheduled and achieved a significant victory that impresses the world.
December 4, 2020

China's poverty alleviation is a good lesson for others to emulate: Former Thai PM

Former Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun spoke highly of China's poverty alleviation effort and considered it as a good lesson for other countries to emulate. China is set to eliminate absolute poverty by the end of this year, and meet the poverty eradication goal set out in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule.
December 4, 2020

Small village in China's Tibet embraces dramatic changes

Hongxing Community, a village located by the Yarlung Tsangpo River, has undergone dramatic changes in the past five years through China's poverty alleviation projects. Local residents have better jobs that earn more. They also get access to better education, housing and medical care.
December 2, 2020

PV power stations aid poverty alleviation in N China

Fengrun District in Tangshan, a city in northern China's Hebei Province, has seen dramatic changes after a photovoltaic power station was built on its barren mountains. The construction was part of a government project to help lift residents out of poverty.
December 1, 2020

All is 'well' in Tibet thanks to safe water project

From 2016 to 2020, Tibet Autonomous Region in SW China invested 4.3 billion yuan (about 657 million U.S. dollars) in drinking water projects, improving 17,581 rural water projects. Now, clean drinking water has become a reality for around two million residents.
November 30, 2020

Sci-tech experts help farmers shake off poverty

China introduced a system of sending sci-tech experts to rural areas about 20 years ago. Over the years, such experts have played an important role in rural development and poverty alleviation. Their stories are shared by President Xi Jinping.
November 27, 2020

Animated short film: Coffee Matters

The film tells the story of Chinese coffee beans, which were introduced to Yunnan province from the West over a century ago, becoming popular across the world and helping locals in Yunnan escape poverty and improve their wellbeing.
November 24, 2020

Impoverished villagers in deep mountains shake off poverty in SW China

Paved roads, tap water, accessible education...Impoverished villagers in deep mountains in southwest China have seen life-changing transformations.
November 23, 2020

Villagers bid farewell to water shortage in south China

Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, home to the country's largest ethnic minority population, has lifted all its 54 poverty-stricken counties out of poverty, the regional government announced on Friday.
November 19, 2020

Sichuan lifts all counties out of poverty

China's Sichuan province, whose mountainous areas have long been a citadel of abject poverty, on Tuesday declared it had removed the poverty label from all of its counties.
November 17, 2020

Concerted efforts key to China's poverty alleviation

China aims to eradicate absolute poverty by 2020. To achieve this goal, the country has mobilized all social sectors and resources to fight poverty, through fostering industries, pairing-up support, as well as relocating those in barren and remote mountainous areas to more habitable regions.
November 16, 2020

Embroidery project stitches poverty-stricken migrant families together

Thanks to the establishment of a project called "bring mothers back home", Shi is hired to work at a traditional embroidery workshop near home, which not only brings her decent income but also helps reunify her family.
November 11, 2020

Poverty-relief programs help ethnic villagers get clean tap water in SW China

Impoverished Yi people in Yantang village of Shixiangzi Yi ethnic township, SW China's Sichuan province had struggled with water shortage for decades. The Local government has invested more than 5 million yuan (about US$756,000) to build 23 water ponds and a 17-kilometer-long water pipe network. Villagers in Yantang can use tap water at their own homes.
November 10, 2020

Relocation project helps herdsman out of poverty in China's Xinjiang

Having a hard time living at an altitude of 3,200 meters, a 56-year-old herdsman is relocated and lift out of poverty in China's Xinjiang.
November 6, 2020

China's Qamdo ends absolute poverty

China's Tibet, known as the "roof of the world," has achieved a "major victory" in alleviating poverty. Watch how Qamdo City in Tibet eliminates absolute poverty.
November 6, 2020

Development-oriented poverty reduction helps Chinese villagers

Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Click to see how development-oriented poverty reduction helps Chinese villagers enjoy a decent life. In the past seven decades, more than 850 million Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 percent of poverty reduction worldwide, official data showed. Furthermore, China is on course to eradicate extreme poverty across the country by 2020, which will make the country the first in the world to end absolute poverty.
November 4, 2020

Belgian agronomist hails China's efforts in poverty reduction

The change in China has been just incredible in the last 20 years, says a Belgian agronomist, while stressing that China has won in its fight against poverty.
November 3, 2020

Starting from villages: Xi's anti-poverty footprints

A remote, mountainous town in Fujian, China, has witnessed tremendous changes due to decades of poverty alleviation efforts. This accomplishment, local residents say, is made possible by Xi Jinping, who personally directed poverty relief work there.
November 2, 2020

Relocation, employment projects help people out of poverty in China's Xinjiang

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located in northwest China. For historical and environmental reasons, it has long lagged behind other parts of the country in terms of development, and it has a significant impoverished population. Thanks to strenuous efforts from all sides, major progress has been achieved in China's Xinjiang. From 2014 to 2019, more than 2.92 million out of the 3.09 million registered as impoverished people shook off poverty. Click to find out how poverty-relief relocation program has changed locals' life.
October 30, 2020

Poverty-alleviation relocation offers new life in east China

In April 2020, seven poverty-stricken counties in east China's Jiangxi province have worked out of poverty. Check out what villagers' life have become after being relocated from the mountains.
October 26, 2020

How poor households in China's Dabie Mountains have shaken off poverty

In this new episode of DiscoveringAnhui, we invited an Uzbek teacher based in E China's Hefei to the Dabie Mountains to experience and find out how households mired in poverty managed to change their life. Take a look!
October 21, 2020

How herders in China's Xinjiang rise above poverty

Yesklek village of Tekes county of Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang uygur autonomous Region was once an impoverished village deep in Mount Tianshan. For generations, herders have been grazing sheep and cattle from one pasture to another. The local government has taken multiple measures to alleviate poverty.
October 20, 2020

China's Guangxi makes significant progress in poverty alleviation through building roads

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China has made significant progress in poverty alleviation through transport infrastructure constructions. By May this year, the total length of rural roads in Guangxi had reached 102,100 kilometers, with all townships and villages having access to cement roads. The region has made significant headway in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. Statistics from the regional poverty-relief office show that Guangxi lifted 1.25 million people out of poverty and delisted 1,268 poor villages in 2019.
October 20, 2020

Chinese village out of poverty draws young people

Many impoverished villages have taken off their "poverty caps" in China's battle against poverty. Among them is Desheng Village in Hebei Province. Click to watch how the "well-off" village draws young people back to work.