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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, learns about efforts to advance poverty alleviation in Hongde Village of Wuzhong City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, June 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from Monday to Wednesday, with poverty relief high on the agenda.
Xi attaches great importance to poverty alleviation. He has addressed the issue on many occasions. The following are some highlights of his quotes.
-- All ethnic groups are part of the big family of the Chinese nation and no ethnic group should be left behind in the country's fight against poverty, in its building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and in its drive toward modernization.
-- It is an essential requirement of socialism to eradicate poverty, improve people's living standards and achieve common prosperity among the people.
-- No single poor area or individual shall be left behind.
-- Genuinely poor people are to genuinely shake off poverty. Poverty must be truly eliminated.
-- The measurement for moderate prosperity lies in rural areas.
-- Cadres play a key role in helping people shake off poverty.
-- Eradicating poverty is a common mission of human beings.
-- It will be the first time in the millennia-old history of the Chinese nation that absolute poverty is comprehensively eliminated.
-- Being lifted out of poverty is not an end in itself but the starting point of a new life and a new pursuit.
-- It is imperative to try all possible means to consolidate achievements in poverty alleviation, and then focus on rural vitalization to ensure a better life for rural residents. ■
