Xi Jinping: We have completed the goal and task of poverty alleviation in the new era as scheduled.

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on December 3 to listen to the summary and evaluation report on poverty alleviation. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.

Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, put poverty alleviation in a prominent position in governance, and gave full play to the party's leadership and the political advantages of my country's socialist system. The original and unique major measures organized and implemented the largest and strongest fight against poverty in human history. After eight years of continuous struggle, we have completed the goal of poverty alleviation in the new era as scheduled. Under the current standards, all the rural poor have been lifted out of poverty, and all poor counties have taken off their hats. Absolute poverty and overall regional poverty have been eliminated, and nearly 0.1 billion of the poor have been lifted out of poverty. A major victory that impressed the world.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the major victory in poverty alleviation has laid a solid foundation for the realization of the first centenary goal, greatly enhanced the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, completely changed the face of poor areas, improved production and living conditions, and improved The quality of life of the masses has been improved, and the "two no worries and three guarantees" have been fully realized. In the practice of poverty alleviation, the Party Central Committee adheres to the people first and people-oriented, and regards the poor and the people of all ethnic groups across the country as the starting point and goal of poverty alleviation. Party committees and governments at all levels, as well as society, work together to tackle tough problems. The eastern and western regions watch and help each other and cooperate in tackling tough problems. The majority of party members and cadres bear hardships and stand hard work and are not afraid of sacrifice, which fully demonstrates the mission and sacrifice of the Communists.

The meeting pointed out that at present, the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development in China is still prominent, and the task of consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation is still arduous. We should thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation. It is necessary to maintain the overall stability of the assistance policy, strictly implement the "four no-pick" requirements, and maintain the overall stability of the existing assistance policies, financial support, and assistance forces. It is necessary to improve the monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent poverty return, continue to monitor poverty-stricken counties, poverty-stricken villages and poverty-stricken populations, continuously track income changes and the consolidation of "two worries and three guarantees", conduct regular inspections, timely discovery, timely assistance and dynamic zero clearance. It is necessary to continue to develop and expand poverty alleviation industries, continue to strengthen the construction of industrial development infrastructure in poverty-stricken areas, expand sales channels, innovate circulation methods, and promote stable sales. It is necessary to do a good job in stabilizing the employment of the poverty-stricken population, increase vocational skills training for the poverty-stricken population, strengthen labor cooperation between the east and the west, and encourage and support the transfer of labor-intensive industries in the east and central regions to the western region. It is necessary to strengthen the follow-up support for relocation, improve the public services and supporting infrastructure in the centralized resettlement areas, develop industries in the relocation areas according to local conditions, and ensure that the relocated people can live stably, have employment, and gradually become rich. It is necessary to strengthen the management of capital asset projects, establish a sound asset management system, and continue to bring benefits into play. It is necessary to grasp the bottom line of people's livelihood, standardize the management of public welfare posts, and rely on the existing social security system to promote weak labor, semi-labor and other families to solve employment on the spot, so as to ensure the basic livelihood of these people.

The meeting also considered other matters.

Source: Xinhua News Agency