Abstract
China has since 1986 begun to explore ways for massive elimination of extreme poverty. With more than three decades of hard work, China has devised a distinct system of development-oriented poverty alleviation.
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Wang (2012).
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The three western areas cover an area of 380,000 km2, incorporating a total of 47 counties, including 19 in Hexi, 20 in Dingxi and 8 in Xihaigu, with an agricultural population of 12 million. With an annual precipitation less than 300 mm, these western areas suffer from drought and are among the most impoverished areas in China.
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General Office of the State Council (1986).
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General Office of the State Council (1988).
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The Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Eradicating Poverty in China (Zhong Fa (2015).
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Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Education on the Implementation of Living Subsidies for Teachers Working in Contiguous Impoverished Rural Areas. Teachers’ Affairs Department [2016] No.4. March 11, 2016.
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Notice of the Ministry of Health on Promulgation of the Management Plan for the Pilot Nutrition Improvement Program for Children in Poor Areas. By Ministry of Health and ACWF [2012] No.276. 2012.
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Guiding Opinions on Implementing Poverty Alleviation through Health Promotion. By Financial Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission. [2016] No.26. June 2016.
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Policies on poverty alleviation through health promotion are elaborated in Chap. 5.
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Notice of the State Council on Promulgation of the National Plan for Poverty Alleviation in the 13th Five-Year Plan Period (2016).
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Notice of the State Council on Promulgation of the National Plan for Poverty Alleviation in the 13th Five-Year Plan Period (2016).
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Notable Progress in China’s Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation in 2014: Targeted Measures for Root Cause of Poverty. Guangming Daily. January 30, 2015.
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The Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Eradicating Poverty in China (Zhong Fa (2015) No.34) (2015).
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Liu (2016).
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Wang, X., Zhang, X. (2020). Development-Oriented Poverty Reduction: A System with Chinese Characteristics. In: Towards 2030 – China’s Poverty Alleviation and Global Poverty Governance. International Research on Poverty Reduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6356-0_4
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