Poverty is like a chronic disease and a perpetual challenge for humanity. Since 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has worked relentlessly towards this end under the leadership of its General Secretary Xi Jinping.

These efforts have enabled one-fifth of the world’s population to successfully implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieve the poverty reduction target in 2021, almost a decade ahead of the cut-off point.

How China pulled it off can be instructive for other countries, including Pakistan. To begin with, it couldn’t have been possible without the commitment of China’s leadership to this cause. Together with the Chinese government, the CPC has been doing its utmost to alleviate poverty, showing great concern for the well-being of the people in underdeveloped areas. President Xi has put poverty elimination at the top of the government’s and CPC’s agendas.

The political determination to fight poverty was accompanied by the implementation of comprehensive scientific plans for poverty reduction, the introduction of a holistic approach, and numerous strategies that took into account regional conditions and different poverty levels.

Political determination accompanied by comprehensive scientific plans, a holistic approach, and numerous strategies can help developing nations, like Pakistan, alleviate poverty

The first line of action in tackling poverty is to sort out the poor segments and the vulnerable population clusters, getting to the bottom of “who to help?” China formulated smart........

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