A Tale of Poverty Eradication

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A Tale of Poverty Eradication
Children frolic in a yard in Dudu Township of
Fengdu. Their parents are working hard to provide
them and the once poverty-stricken mountainous
place with a bright future. Yu Xiangjun
34CHINA TODAY
35September 2019
ing hours from the burgeoning down-town of Chongqing. In September 2011, when Cao Ling, who worked in the local government in Chongqing, first visited Fengdu, she couldn’t believe it that the county, with a population of 500,000, had only one cinema. “Being poor, for Fengdu people, did not just mean materially, but also poor in spirit,” she recalled. Meanwhile, the over four-hour-drive from downtown Chongqing to Fengdu gave Cao the feeling of not only the vast physical distance that separated the two places, but also the wide gap between the backward county and the more abundant world outside. Fengdu has long been known as the Ghost City. However, its hinterland location and poverty had hampered people outside from learning more about Years of practice has made China blaze a trail with Chinese characteristics for poverty alleviation and accumulate valuable experience in promoting its cause of human rights through pov-erty reduction. By the end of 2018, the country’s total poor popu-lation stood at 16.6 million, with its poverty incidence dropping to 1.7 percent. The Chinese government has vowed to eradicate all poverty in its rural areas by 2020.
To get a better understanding of how China’s rural poor are rising above the poverty line, China Today reporters visited Fengdu County of Chongqing Municipality, a former poverty-stricken county. Resorting to a range of methods, including
policy coordination, capital support, and industrial development, the county has developed its economy to such an extent that its poverty incidence dropped to 0.67 percent from 12.1 percent in 2014. This has brought a sense of dignity and happiness to local residents of Fengdu, which serves as an excellent example of the government’s commitment to improve the lives of its people, thus ensuring the paramount human right – people’s well-being.The Mingshan Mountain Scenic Area of Fengdu. Chen Yong。