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Abstract: After the founding of the People S Republic of China, the Chinese people have been struggling against poverty amid national development under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Since reform and opening up, in particular, China has planned for and organized development-oriented poverty reduction practices on a broad scale with remarkable achievements and blazed a new path of development-oriented poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics. This path is both an essential component of Chinese socialism and a result of the CPC's ideological improvement on poverty reduction. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the whole Party, country, and society have been called upon to fight the battle against poverty on a full-scale under the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statements on poverty reduction, unveiling a new stage for China's development-oriented poverty reduction in the new era. China's unprecedented poverty reduction achievements have enriched the path of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics. Xi Jinping's insightful and coherent statements on poverty reduction represent the latest results of Marxist anti-poverty theories and comprise an essential part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era. His guidelines are the basis for the brilliant achievements of China's poverty reduction endeavors, and will contribute Chinese experience and wisdom to global poverty governance.
Keywords: poverty reduction path with Chinese characteristics, Xi Jinping 's statements on poverty reduction, poverty reduction ideas, battle against poverty
JEL classification code: P36
DOI: 1 0.19602/j .chinaeconomist.2020.01.01
The end of the World War II ushered in a new period for poverty eradication for humankind. Governments and international organizations undertook to fight poverty as their priority, giving rise to new anti-poverty practices and achievements globally. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, poverty reduction has dominated the agenda of China's socialist development and reform. By exploring a unique path for poverty reduction, China has contributed a significant share to world poverty reduction.
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