China Net/China Development Portal News On November 11, the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Seminar was held in Beijing. Yu Yunquan, deputy director of the China Foreign Languages Publishing and Distribution Administration and director of the China Internet News Center, delivered an opening speech. He said that the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation have evolved in depth, and artificial intelligence, big data, and smart agriculture have flourished, opening a "window of opportunity" for countries in the global South to achieve leapfrog development.
On November 11, the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Seminar was held in Beijing. The picture shows Yu Yunquan, deputy director of the China Foreign Languages Publishing and Distribution Administration and director of the China Internet News Center, delivering an opening speech.
Yu Yunquan introduced that since 2018, seven institutions including China Internet News Center, China International Poverty Reduction Center, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations World Food Program, and Asian Development Bank have jointly launched a global The poverty reduction case collection activity has collected more than 5,470 cases from 93 countries and regions, compiled and released the "Global Poverty Reduction Case Collection", and strung the "poverty reduction pearls" scattered around the world into a shining "knowledge necklace" and sent them to the places where they are most needed.
"China's practice has proved that poverty is not the fate of any country or nation. As long as there is a firm will, scientific methods, and unremitting struggle, we will be able to get rid of poverty and move towards revitalization." When explaining the world significance of China's victory in the fight against poverty as scheduled, Yu Yunquan said that development is the "master key" to solve all problems, and innovation is the "first driving force" to lead development. "A mobile phone can leverage an industry, a network can connect a village, and an oasis can take root in the desert." He pointed out that digital dividends and innovation dividends are accelerating empowerment and moving forward firmly towards the goal of "leaving no one behind."
Facing the "post-2030" agenda, Yu Yunquan put forward three prospects:
Use technological innovation to ignite a new engine for poverty reduction. Unbalanced development and the digital divide are common issues facing the global South. It is necessary to promote the universal access of technological dividends and direct access to the fields, so that every village and every farmer can catch the express train of scientific and technological development.
Gather new wisdom on poverty reduction through knowledge sharing. It is hoped to promote more vivid "local practices" and transform them into universal "global public knowledge" to complete the empowerment cycle from "practice" to "knowledge" and then to broader "action".
Build a new pattern of poverty reduction through partnership collaboration. We need to deepen South-South cooperation, expand the "circle of friends" of developing countries, share opportunities through opening up, overcome challenges through cooperation, and join hands with the global South to accelerate development and move toward modernization together.
He said, "China International Publishing Group (China International Communications Group) will continue to be a good storyteller of global poverty reduction stories, a disseminator of poverty reduction knowledge, and a practitioner of poverty reduction cooperation: "Escape from Poverty" has been published in 9 languages in the global South. The influence of institutional platforms such as the China-South Asian Countries Poverty Reduction and Development Cooperation Forum and the Poverty Reduction Governance and Global Development (Nujiang) International Forum continues to increase. We are willing to work with partners from various countries to contribute more wisdom and strength to building a better world away from poverty and common prosperity."
It is reported that the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Seminar was jointly organized by the China International Poverty Reduction Center, the China Internet News Center, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the United Nations World Food Program, with the theme of "Deepening Partnerships and Innovating Paths to Poverty Reduction."
