Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets winners of an award that China set up to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts in helping poverty reduction, and visits an exhibition on poverty relief in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Yang on Wednesday called for greater efforts to realize the country's goal of eradicating poverty by 2020.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks while meeting winners of an award that the country set up to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts in helping poverty reduction.
Nearly 100 individuals and 40 organizations won the award this year.
Wang expressed congratulations to the award winners and urged the public to learn from them.
He also called for relevant authorities to spend greater efforts to win the battle against poverty and ensure the poverty-relief goal of eliminating absolute poverty by 2020 is achieved.
