Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about poverty alleviation efforts in Jinmi Village of Xiaoling Township in Zhashui County, Shangluo City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to poverty alleviation. He has addressed the issue on many occasions. The following are some highlights of his quotes.
-- It is an essential requirement of socialism to eradicate poverty, improve people's living standards and achieve common prosperity among the people.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a village of the Wa ethnic group to learn about poverty alleviation efforts and extend his Chinese New Year's greetings to the villagers in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
-- No single poor area or individual shall be left behind.
-- Genuinely poor people are to genuinely shake off poverty. Poverty must be truly eliminated.
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects poverty alleviation work in Dongyue Village of Wenshu Township in Guangshan County, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
-- The measurement for moderate prosperity lies in rural areas.
-- Cadres play a key role in helping people shake off poverty.
-- Eradicating poverty is a common mission of human beings.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a new community, which is home to rural residents relocated out of ecological concerns, and inquires villagers about their livelihoods and progress on poverty relief, in Fumin New Village of Gulang County, Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
-- It will be the first time in the millennia-old history of the Chinese nation that absolute poverty is comprehensively eliminated.
-- Being lifted out of poverty is not an end in itself but the starting point of a new life and a new pursuit. ■
