In fact, poverty alleviation and environmental protection are often viewed as conflicting goals, says Paul Ferraro, an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
We will improve and effectively utilize mechanisms for monitoring and assisting people who fall back into poverty and consolidate our gains in poverty alleviation.
Decisive achievements were made in poverty alleviation—the rural poor population was reduced by 11.09 million, and the poverty headcount ratio fell to 0.6 percent.
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General has hailed China's achievements in poverty alleviation as " amazing, " saying other countries could learn lessons from China's practices.
Together with participating countries, China has set up a dozen overseas education centers for scientific research in various fields including green development, food safety and disaster alleviation.