On March 6, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended a symposium on decisive victory and poverty alleviation in Beijing and delivered an important speech.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended a symposium on the decisive battle to overcome poverty and delivered an important speech in Beijing on the 6th. He emphasized that by 2020, all the rural poor under the current standards will be lifted out of poverty. This is a solemn promise made by the Party Central Committee to the people of the whole country and must be realized as scheduled. This is a tough battle. The more you get to the end, the more you have to tighten this string. You can't stop, you can't be careless, you can't relax. Party committees and governments at all levels should not forget their original aspirations, keep their mission in mind, be firm in their confidence, work hard, push forward the fight against poverty with greater determination and strength, resolutely overcome the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, resolutely win a comprehensive victory in the fight against poverty, and resolutely complete this great cause, which is of great significance to the Chinese nation and to mankind.

Wang Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over the forum.

The forum was held in the form of teleconference, and branch venues were set up in various provinces, autonomous regions and cities, Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, as well as cities (prefectures, prefectures, leagues) and counties (cities, districts and banners) under the jurisdiction of 22 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in the central and western regions. All provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities provide written statements. Nayunde, secretary of the Nujiang Prefecture Party Committee in Yunnan, Yang Fasen, secretary of the Hetian Prefecture Party Committee in Xinjiang, Cai Songtao, secretary of the Lankao County Party Committee in Henan, Yang Longwen, secretary of the Dahua County Party Committee in Guangxi, and Liu Jianping, secretary of the Hezhang County Party Committee in Guizhou, made speeches successively through the video conference system.

After listening to everyone's speeches, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He emphasized that this symposium on decisive victory in poverty alleviation is the largest meeting on poverty alleviation since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The main task of the meeting is to analyze the current situation, mobilize the whole party, the whole country and the whole society, concentrate on winning the battle against poverty, ensure that the goals and tasks of poverty alleviation are completed on schedule, and ensure that a well-off society is built in an all-round way.

Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the joint efforts of the whole party, the whole country and the whole society, my country has made decisive achievements in poverty alleviation. The poverty eradication target is nearing completion, with the number of people living in poverty falling from 98.99 million at the end of 2012 to 5.51 million at the end of 2019, the incidence of poverty falling from 10.2 per cent to 0.6 per cent, and overall regional poverty has basically been resolved. The income level of the poor people has been greatly improved, the ability to get rid of poverty independently has been steadily improved, the quality level of "two worries" for the poor people has been significantly improved, and the outstanding problems of "three guarantees" have been solved as a whole. The basic production and living conditions in poverty-stricken areas have been significantly improved. The long-standing problems that have not been solved for a long time, such as difficulty in travel, electricity, schooling, medical treatment and communication, have been generally solved. Compulsory education, basic medical care and housing safety have been guaranteed. The economic and social development of poverty-stricken areas has been significantly accelerated, basic public services have been increasingly improved, poverty governance capabilities have been significantly improved, grassroots organizations have been strengthened, and the skills of grassroots cadres have been significantly improved. After the completion of this year's poverty alleviation task, China will achieve the poverty reduction goal of the United Nations 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule. No country in the world can help so many people out of poverty in such a short period of time, which is of great significance to both China and the world.

Xi Jinping emphasized that we have made unprecedented achievements in the field of poverty alleviation, demonstrating the political advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and my country's socialist system. These achievements have condensed the wisdom and painstaking efforts of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, and are the result of the solid work of the broad masses of cadres and masses. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, Xi Jinping extended sincere greetings to the comrades on the battle line of poverty alleviation.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the fight against poverty cannot be easily won by a single charge, and we must attach great importance to the difficulties and challenges we face. The remaining task of poverty alleviation is arduous, the new coronary pneumonia epidemic has brought new challenges, it is very difficult to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation, the endogenous motivation for the development of some poor people is insufficient, and the work of poverty alleviation needs to be strengthened. This year is the last year of the fight against poverty, and the year of the end of the year has been affected by the epidemic, and the tasks are heavier and more demanding. All regions and departments must unswervingly implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment to ensure that the goal of poverty alleviation is completed on schedule.

Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to continue to focus on deep poverty-stricken areas such as the "three districts and three states", implement poverty alleviation plans, aim at prominent problems and weak links, and vigorously implement policies to overcome difficulties and complete tasks. For 52 poverty-stricken counties and 1113 poverty-stricken villages, the State Council's poverty alleviation and development leading group should really face the hard "supervision", and all provinces, autonomous regions and cities should concentrate on "war" and gnaw down the last hard bone. It is necessary to consolidate the results of the "two no worries and three guarantees" and prevent a rebound. Social security should be strengthened for the special poor who are unable to work, so as to ensure that they are guaranteed.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to implement the precise prevention and control strategy of zoning and grading, and strive to overcome the impact of the epidemic. In areas with serious epidemics, while focusing on epidemic prevention and control, we can innovate our work methods and promote epidemic prevention and control and poverty alleviation. In areas where there is no epidemic or where the epidemic is relatively light, we should concentrate on accelerating the fight against poverty. We should give priority to supporting the employment of poor labor force, give priority to the organization and use of poor labor force in the aspects of resuming work and production of enterprises, starting major projects, and building logistics system. We should encourage enterprises to recruit more people from poor areas, especially poor families, and help poor labor force return to work in an orderly manner as soon as possible through the "point-to-point" poverty alleviation cooperation between the East and the West. It is necessary to classify and implement policies, and to increase the delivery of migrant workers in areas where there is no epidemic. It is necessary to effectively solve the problem of unsalable agricultural and animal husbandry products for poverty alleviation, organize the docking of production and sales, carry out consumer poverty alleviation actions, use the Internet to broaden sales channels, and solve the problem of difficulty in selling agricultural products through multiple channels. It is necessary to support poverty alleviation industries to resume production, do a good job in spring ploughing preparations such as the supply of agricultural materials, make good use of industrial assistance funds and poverty alleviation microfinance policies, and promote the sustainable development of poverty alleviation industries. It is necessary to speed up the start and resumption of poverty alleviation projects, and complete the construction of supporting facilities for relocation, housing and drinking water safety in the first half of the year. It is necessary to do a good job in helping people who have returned to poverty due to the epidemic, and promptly implement assistance measures such as bottom-up guarantees to ensure that their basic lives are not affected.

On March 6, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended a symposium on decisive victory and poverty alleviation in Beijing and delivered an important speech.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to take more measures to consolidate the results, increase employment and poverty alleviation efforts, strengthen the precise docking of labor export and import places, stabilize posts and expand posts, support leading poverty alleviation enterprises and poverty alleviation workshops to resume work as soon as possible, improve the ability to bring poverty, and use public welfare posts to provide more local employment opportunities. It is necessary to increase industrial poverty alleviation efforts, pay attention to long-term cultivation and support for the development of planting and breeding industries, continue to adhere to poverty alleviation microfinance, and increase follow-up support for relocation of poverty alleviation and relocation to ensure stability, employment, and gradual prosperity.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to maintain the stability of the poverty alleviation policy, and to maintain the overall stability of the existing assistance policies for the poor counties, poor villages, and poor people who have withdrawn. During the transition period, it is necessary to strictly implement the requirements of taking off the hat without taking off the responsibility, taking off the hat without taking off the policy, taking off the hat without taking off the assistance, and taking off the hat without taking off the supervision. The main policy measures cannot be braked suddenly, and the village task force cannot be withdrawn. It is necessary to speed up the establishment of monitoring and assistance mechanisms to prevent the return to poverty, strengthen monitoring of unstable households out of poverty, marginal households that are prone to poverty, and households with a sharp decline in income or a sharp increase in expenditure due to the epidemic or other reasons, and take targeted assistance measures in advance.

Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to strictly assess and carry out the census, strictly control the exit, and resolutely put an end to digital poverty alleviation and false poverty alleviation. It is necessary to carry out supervision and inspection, strengthen regular supervision and guidance, continue to carry out the assessment of the effectiveness of poverty alleviation, and comprehensively test the effectiveness of poverty alleviation in various localities, so as to ensure that it can stand the test of history and the people.

Xi Jinping pointed out that poverty alleviation is not the end, but the starting point of a new life and new struggle. It is necessary to continue to promote the effective connection between comprehensive poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, promote the smooth transformation of poverty reduction strategies and work systems, integrate them into the rural revitalization strategy, and establish an institutional mechanism that combines long and short, and address both symptoms and root causes. In general, it should be conducive to stimulating the endogenous driving force for the development of low-income population in underdeveloped areas and rural areas, conducive to the implementation of precise assistance, and promoting the gradual realization of common prosperity.

Xi Jinping stressed that the more we fight against poverty, the more we must strengthen and improve the party's leadership. Party committees (party groups) at all levels must perform their duties and fulfill their mission. The central government should continue to increase the scale of special poverty alleviation funds, and finance at all levels should also ensure the funding needs for poverty alleviation. It is necessary to strengthen the integration of financial funds related to agriculture, strengthen the supervision of poverty alleviation funds, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of funds. For places that have achieved stable poverty alleviation, all localities can make overall arrangements for special poverty alleviation funds to support the poor people in non-poor counties and non-poor villages to get rid of poverty. We should deepen poverty alleviation cooperation between the east and west and the central government's targeted poverty alleviation, and help the central and western regions reduce the impact of the epidemic on poverty alleviation. Based on the overall strategy of national regional development, we should deepen regional cooperation, promote the gradient transfer of eastern industries to the west, and realize industrial complementarity, personnel interaction, mutual learning of technology, exchange of ideas, mutual learning of work style, and common development.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of work style in the field of poverty alleviation, resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy, reduce the burden on the grass-roots level, and do a good job in ensuring work, life, safety and other aspects, so that the grass-roots poverty alleviation cadres can devote themselves to the prevention and control of the epidemic and the fight against poverty. It is necessary to strengthen the training of cadres in poverty alleviation, ensure that all newly selected village cadres and newly appointed rural cadres are trained in rotation, and enhance the ability of precise poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation.

When presiding over the meeting, Wang Yang said that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech fully affirmed the achievements made in poverty alleviation, profoundly analyzed the situation facing poverty alleviation, and put forward clear requirements for strengthening the party's leadership in poverty alleviation and high-quality completion of poverty alleviation goals and tasks. It has strong guidance and pertinence, and further strengthened the confidence and determination of the whole party and society to resolutely win the battle against poverty. All regions and departments should earnestly study and understand the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, fully understand the importance, arduousness and urgency of the decisive battle to overcome poverty, and comprehensively investigate and sort out the tasks of this year's work, overcome the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, adhere to the goal-oriented, problem-oriented and result-oriented, reverse the construction period, push forward vigorously, compact responsibilities layer by layer, conduct pressure at different levels, and carry out work creatively in combination with reality, ensure that the task of poverty alleviation is completed with high quality on schedule and that qualified answers are handed over to the Party and the people.

Some members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee attended the forum. Relevant responsible comrades of member units of the State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development attended the symposium.