Xi declares “complete victory” in eradicating absolute poverty in China


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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a grand gathering to mark the nation's poverty alleviation accomplishments and honor model poverty fighters at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Yan Yan) -- Over the past eight years, the final 98.99 million impoverished rural residents living under the current poverty line have all been lifted out of poverty. -- Combined with poverty-reduction results since the late 1970s, China is responsible for over 70...