China: Will continue to work with the international community to promote poverty reduction cooperation and jointly promote the poverty reduction process

China News Service, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Huang Yuqin and Zhang Weiran) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning hosted a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 16th.

A reporter asked: Tomorrow (17th) is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Affected by factors such as slowing growth and geopolitical conflicts, global poverty reduction is facing many challenges. A report jointly released by the United Nations Development Program and the University of Oxford shows that 1.2 billion people in the world live in severe multidimensional poverty. Some commentators say that China has made a huge contribution to global poverty reduction and has also provided valuable experience to the global South. What's the spokesperson's comment on this?

Mao Ning: China has historically eradicated absolute poverty and achieved the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule. It reflects people-centered pragmatic actions, the passion for people's livelihood that "no one can be left behind" and the spirit of struggle to draw a blueprint to the end.

Eliminating poverty is the common ideal of all mankind. China can succeed, and other countries can also succeed. China actively promotes cooperation in poverty reduction and ranks poverty reduction as the first of the eight key areas of cooperation in the Global Development Initiative. It helps countries in the Global South improve their development resilience through Juncao technology, hybrid rice, etc., and sends thousands of experts to provide technical assistance. We also initiated the establishment of the Global Partnership for Poverty Reduction and Development to transform China's practical experience into replicable international public goods.

China will continue to work with the international community to jointly promote cooperation in poverty reduction, promote the poverty reduction process, and achieve common development.