The incidence of poverty in China has dropped from 10.2% to 1.7%.

"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, by the end of 2018, China has reduced poverty by 82.39 million people in total, with an average annual poverty reduction of over 13 million people, and the national poverty incidence rate has dropped from 10.2% to 1.7%, creating the best performance in China's poverty reduction history, becoming the country with the largest poverty reduction population in the world and the first to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, providing China's wisdom and China's program for global poverty reduction. ”Chen Zhigang, deputy director of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, said at the 2019 high level Forum on poverty reduction and development. Chen Zhigang pointed out that in the past 70 years, the most fundamental reason why China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction is that it adheres to the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and has embarked on a path of poverty alleviation and development in rural areas that is in line with China's national conditions. The 70 years of struggle and achievements in poverty reduction in China enlighten us deeply: persisting in the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the fundamental guarantee for the success of poverty reduction in China; persisting in the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the distinct advantage for the success of poverty reduction in China; persisting in development as the first priority is the important foundation for the success of poverty reduction in China; persisting in Targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation is the basic strategy for China's success in poverty reduction; it is the institutional guarantee for China's success in poverty reduction to always adhere to improving the poverty alleviation system and mechanism; it is the driving force for China's success in poverty reduction to always adhere to the people-centered and people-oriented status. " Chen Zhigang said.