China issues 2030 sustainable development report to reduce poverty

"One of the goals of sustainable development is to" eliminate poverty in all forms around the world ", which is consistent with the goals and governing philosophy of the Chinese government." This is the opening speech of Su Guoxia, director of the General Department of the office of the leading group for poverty alleviation and development of the State Council, sharing her poverty alleviation experience at the 2019 sustainable development forum. At the first Sustainable Development Forum opened today, China's progress report on the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development (2019) was released domestically. Previously, the report has been presented at the 74th UN General Assembly. This is the second national progress report issued by the Chinese government since the 2015 "change our world: 2030 agenda for sustainable development" was adopted at the UN Development Summit. China's exploration and practice in "precise poverty alleviation" has become one of the key contents of the report, providing reference for other countries. According to Su Guoxia, China has reduced poverty by more than 13 million people every year for six consecutive years since 2012, contributing more than 70% to global poverty reduction, and will eliminate absolute poverty in 2020, and achieve the first goal of the agenda 10 years in advance.

The Chinese government has said that eradicating extreme poverty is not the end of poverty reduction, but a new starting point. Luo Shili, coordinator of the United Nations system in China, believes that poverty is a relative concept. All members of the United Nations should see all forms of poverty and strive to "keep no one behind". This has also become the consensus of many countries and organizations on the forum. With regard to the focus of the agenda of "poverty reduction", representatives of various countries introduced relevant experiences. OSMA TRAA, Minister of citizenship affairs of Brazil, shared the government's experience in cross sectoral resource utilization and multi-dimensional cooperation, taking a national project to promote early childhood education and poverty reduction as an example. Ge Xijian, director of the Western Pacific region of the World Health Organization, elaborated on the close relationship between ensuring health and poverty reduction. As secretary general Guterres said in September last year, leaders of all countries should have specific actions, plans and commitments to attend the summit, and people don't want half measures or short promises. "Luo Shili described the theme of this forum as" we are acting ". In his view, there is still a long way to go to achieve the goal of sustainable development.