China's poverty alleviation book launch targets global audience

Huang Chengwei, a member of the Expert Committee on Rural Revitalization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said Chinese poverty alleviation studies should establish an independent disciplinary system that explains the causes of China's achievements through institutional operation and implementation mechanisms. He said the key to telling China's poverty alleviation story internationally is to set out the institutional logic, governance mechanisms and development philosophy behind local practice.

Zhang Qi, dean of China Institute for Poverty Reduction Research at Beijing Normal University, said poverty alleviation is a field where China has accumulated substantial practice and distinctive experience. He said communication with Belt and Road partner countries should be region-specific and targeted.

Wang Daoyong, deputy director of the Department of Sociology and Ecological Civilisation at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said telling the story effectively requires using philosophy and social sciences as a bridge between Chinese and foreign cultures. He said China's anti-poverty theory could have particular relevance in developing countries.

Gao Xingwei, director of the Teaching and Research Office for Economic System Reform at the Party School, said foreign audiences pay close attention to China's poverty alleviation practices and that many countries are learning from its experience. He said international communication on Chinese poverty alleviation studies is more likely to gain recognition in developing countries.

Lyu Wenbao, associate research fellow at the Centre for International Discourse Innovation, said one-sided and prejudiced narratives continue to affect the wider discourse on China's poverty alleviation. She said data visualization, concrete scenarios and plain language could help present China's experience as a body of public knowledge with wider international benefit.

The event was moderated by Wang Shengxiao, lecturer at the Department of Economics of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.