The Information Office of the State Council held a press conference at 3 P. M. on Thursday, December 13, 2018. I would like to invite Liu Yongfu, Director of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, to introduce the situation of poverty reduction in China in the past 40 years and answer questions from reporters.

Hu Kaihong: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. Over the past 40 years, China has made remarkable achievements in poverty alleviation and poverty reduction. Today, we are very pleased to invite Mr. Liu Yongfu, Director of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, to brief you on China's poverty alleviation and poverty reduction in the past 40 years and answer your questions. Next, I would like to invite Director Liu to make an introduction. 2018-12-13 15:05:53

Liu Yongfu: Ladies and gentlemen, friends, good afternoon! Welcome to today's press conference and thank you for your concern and support for China's poverty alleviation and development. Eliminating poverty, improving people's livelihood and gradually realizing common prosperity are the essential requirements of socialism, the important mission of the Communist Party of China, the dream of the Chinese nation and the common vision of all mankind. In December 1978, the Communist Party of China held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee with epoch-making significance.It has made a major historical choice centered on economic construction and opened up a glorious course of reform and opening up. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people have worked hard and tenaciously to write a magnificent epic of national and national development, and great changes have taken place in China. With the pace of reform and opening up, it has also opened the most magnificent process of poverty reduction in human history. Over the past 40 years, more than 700 million rural poor people in China have been lifted out of poverty, the economy and society of poor areas have made great progress, the production and living conditions of poor people have improved significantly, and the people of the whole country have shared the fruits of reform and development, thus writing a brilliant chapter in the history of human anti-poverty.As the largest developing country in the world, China has always been an active advocate and strong promoter of the cause of poverty reduction in the world. In the early stage of reform and opening up, we released policy vitality, liberated productive forces, stimulated farmers'enthusiasm for production, and provided a strong impetus for poverty alleviation and development by implementing the reform of land contractual management system and developing rural commodity economy. In 1982, the "Three West" special poverty alleviation plan was launched, which opened the prelude to organized, planned and large-scale poverty alleviation and development.In 1986, the state formulated poverty-relief standards, established poverty-relief agencies, set up special poverty-relief funds, identified poverty-stricken counties, and implemented the development-oriented poverty alleviation action of regional development. In 1994, the National Seven-Year Priority Poverty Alleviation Program (1994-2000) was promulgated, and by 2000 the problem of food and clothing for the rural poor had been basically solved. Since 2001, two ten-year poverty alleviation and development programs have been launched, raising the national poverty alleviation standard by a large margin, adjusting poverty-stricken counties, taking contiguous poverty-stricken areas as the main battlefield of poverty alleviation and development, further consolidating the achievements of food and clothing, and improving the quality of life and overall quality of the poverty-stricken population.2018-12-13 15:10:40 Liu Yongfu: Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, has taken poverty alleviation as the bottom line task and symbolic indicator of building a well-off society in an all-round way, incorporated it into the overall layout of the "five in one" and the "four in all" strategic layout, placed it in an important position of governing the country and government for decision-making and deployment, and determined poverty alleviation. Implement the basic strategy of precise poverty alleviation and precise poverty alleviation.Establishing the working system and mechanism of overall planning by the central government, overall responsibility by provinces and implementation by cities and counties, carrying out the establishment of archives and cards, accurately identifying the poor, appointing village-based teams, strengthening the front-line work force of poverty alleviation, increasing investment in poverty alleviation, strengthening policy measures, and providing a solid guarantee for poverty alleviation and fortification, China's poverty alleviation and development has entered a new stage. After six years of efforts, it is expected that by the end of this year, the rural poor population will be reduced by more than 85% under the current standards, the poor villages will be withdrawn by about 80%, and the poor counties will be lifted out of poverty by more than 50%.By 2020, we will lift all the rural poor out of poverty under the current standards, take off all the hats in poor counties, and solve the overall regional poverty. China's great achievements in poverty alleviation and development have made important contributions to achieving the synchronization of rapid economic growth and large-scale poverty reduction, effectively avoiding falling into the middle-income trap, demonstrating the political advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the advantages of the socialist system, and increasing our road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence, institutional self-confidence and cultural self-confidence. 2018-12-13 15:12:48 Liu Yongfu: Looking back on the course of poverty alleviation in the past 40 years, we have created a miracle in the history of human poverty reduction and accumulated a lot of valuable experience that has been tested by practice. First, we should adhere to the leadership of the Party. Strengthen the Party's leadership over poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation work, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, implement the system of head responsibility for poverty alleviation and fortification, work together with the five-level secretaries of provinces, cities, counties and villages, maintain the stability of Party and government posts in poverty-stricken counties, and provide a strong political guarantee for poverty alleviation.Second, adhere to the precise strategy. We should scientifically judge the changes in the situation of poverty alleviation and the characteristics of poverty problems, take measures according to local conditions and time, and constantly improve the level of precise identification, precise assistance and precise poverty alleviation, so as to put the precise concept into practice and support it to the root. Third, we should persist in development-oriented poverty alleviation. We should take development as the fundamental way to reduce poverty, persist in regional development, persist in human resources development, and persist in stimulating endogenous power. Fourth, we should persist in giving full play to the advantages of the system. Give full play to the advantages of the socialist system in concentrating on major affairs.Give full play to the main body and leading role of government investment, guide the participation of social forces, and build a large-scale poverty alleviation pattern of government, market and social interaction, special poverty alleviation, industry poverty alleviation and social poverty alleviation. Fifth, we should persist in being more realistic and tough. We should carry out the most stringent assessment and evaluation, force the implementation of responsibilities, policies and work, ensure that poverty alleviation work is pragmatic, the process of poverty alleviation is solid, and the results of poverty alleviation are real, so that the results of poverty reduction can stand the test of practice and history.Sixth, adhere to openness and inclusiveness. We should always keep an open mind, take the initiative to learn from international experience in poverty reduction, actively carry out poverty reduction cooperation between China and Africa, China and Latin America, China and ASEAN, and countries along the Belt and Road, and contribute China's wisdom to the cause of international poverty reduction. 2018-12-13 15:14:53 Liu Yongfu: Reform is endless and struggle is endless. Our country is in and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time, and the main social contradictions have been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing need for a better life and the unbalanced and inadequate development.Winning the battle against poverty is only a historic elimination of absolute poverty, but relative poverty will exist for a long time, and poverty alleviation and development is still a long-term task. With two years to go before 2020, we will overcome difficulties with more vigorous fighting spirit and decisive spirit, move towards the established goals, and go all out to win the battle against poverty. We will strengthen the link between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization strategies, help the people out of poverty to enhance their ability to stabilize poverty alleviation and consolidate their achievements in poverty alleviation. We will sum up the experience of poverty alleviation, study and plan the poverty reduction strategy after 2020, and continue to promote the cause of poverty reduction and development with Chinese characteristics. Thank you all. Thank you all. 2018-12-13 15:17:25 Hu Kaihong: Thank you, Director Liu. Let's begin to ask questions. 2018-12-13 15:19:01

China News Agency reporter: I would like to ask Director Liu to introduce the achievements of China's poverty alleviation work in 2018, as well as the characteristics and difficulties of the current poverty alleviation work. Thank you. 2018-12-13 15:19:35 Liu Yongfu: 2018 is the first year to implement the spirit of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the first year to implement the three-year action to fight against poverty, and the year to build the style of fighting against poverty. According to the Party Central Committee,According to the arrangement and deployment of the State Council, the State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development has strengthened overall coordination, and all regions and departments have earnestly implemented it. This year's poverty alleviation work has three distinct characteristics: First, poverty alleviation in deep poverty-stricken areas has been steadily promoted. On June 23 last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on poverty alleviation in deep poverty-stricken areas in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. After that, the national level and various regions have made serious studies, formulated some policies and increased the intensity of preferential support.The poverty-stricken areas represented by "three districts and three States" have formulated implementation plans in accordance with local conditions, which are highly operable and have been formed through many studies, including basic conditions, key work and project fund arrangements, which vary from place to place. At present, the implementation of the plan and the promotion of the work are within the plan, not lagging behind, and some are even ahead of schedule. This year, the speed of poverty reduction in the deep poverty-stricken areas may be much faster than that in the whole country, and also faster than that in the western region.Second, this year is the Year of Work Style Construction for Poverty Alleviation. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development of the State Council have launched a special campaign to tackle corruption and work style in the field of poverty alleviation, forcing people to do solid work, seek truth from facts and change their work style. Now, preliminary achievements have been made in the change of work style. Third, this year, the education and training of cadres in poverty alleviation will be a key task. According to General Secretary Xi Jinping's request, on the one hand, we should appoint cadres to poor areas, on the other hand, we should rely on the masses of cadres in poor areas.Let them want to do, be able to do and be able to do. This year, the education and training of cadres in poverty alleviation has been strengthened nationwide, and it is estimated that by the end of the year, 8 million people will be trained nationwide, of which more than 7 million are rural cadres. To improve their ability and level, they should not only want to do things, but also be able to do things. Of course, deep poverty is a long-term problem, and the cultivation of talents and the development of industry are a long-term process, which is also some of the work we need to work hard at present. Thank you. 2018-12-13 15:32:52

Reporter of China Central Radio and Television Station: We know that the ultimate goal of poverty alleviation is to achieve the complete eradication of poverty. The situation in different regions of the country is different, the poverty situation is different, and the development situation is also different. Under the circumstances of different starting lines, how can we finally achieve the goal of leveling the line at the finish line and achieving the ultimate comprehensive poverty alleviation. In addition, what measures will be used to strengthen supervision in this process to avoid the emergence of "digital poverty alleviation" and false poverty alleviation? 2018-12-13 15:33:12 Liu Yongfu: The situation in the whole country is different, and the gap between regions and between urban and rural areas is relatively large. Our fight against poverty is not to eliminate poverty, but to eliminate absolute poverty. Poverty will exist for a long time, and so will the developed countries in Europe and the United States. Our goal in this battle against poverty is to eliminate absolute poverty. You are quite right. The situation varies greatly from province to province. Economic development, human development and living standards are all different.There is a lower limit and no upper limit for poverty alleviation. The lower limit is that by 2020, the income of the poor under the current standard will exceed 4000 yuan, without worrying about food and clothing, and compulsory education, basic medical care and housing security will be guaranteed. This is our bottom line. If this problem is not solved, absolute poverty will not be eliminated. Therefore, there is a bottom limit without an upper limit, and there is a lower limit without a horizontal line, not a national level. The bottom line is to eliminate absolute poverty, and no one is left behind. In this regard, there should be a consensus in society.This will help us to unify our thinking, clarify our objectives and do a good job in this work. In 2013, there were no absolute poor people in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, but there were still poverty. By 2014, there were no poor people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and there were no poor people in Fujian in the next two years. There is no absolute poverty, but there is relative poverty. In some places in the west, there are still cities and counties where the incidence of poverty exceeds 10%. On the issue of digital poverty alleviation, everyone is saying that as long as we really work hard, digital poverty alleviation will not happen.The state has a national information system for poverty alleviation and development, which records who is poor, what causes poverty and what measures are taken to get rid of poverty. Our experience is that if a poor household has three causes of poverty, it must enjoy five or six poverty alleviation measures to get rid of poverty. If you do not implement these five or six measures in this information system and say that you have been lifted out of poverty, you have to check it. We have to conduct spot checks at the end of the year. We have to draw out the people who have been lifted out of poverty from the information system. How can you get rid of poverty without poverty alleviation measures?Are the poverty alleviation measures real? Of course, there are many measures, such as pragmatic work, solid process, real results, responsibility implementation, policy implementation and work implementation. We have monitoring and control. The number of people who have been lifted out of poverty this year has been registered in our information system, and we have analyzed that some of the people who have been lifted out of poverty may be temporarily lifted out. This work has made great achievements in recent years. In 2016, the information system reflected that more than 600,000 people returned to poverty, accounting for less than 2% of the more than 10 million people out of poverty. Last year, more than 10 million people were lifted out of poverty and more than 200,000 returned to poverty. About 10 million people have been lifted out of poverty this year, and only about 70000 people have returned to poverty in 2018. Therefore, it is impossible to carry out digital poverty alleviation. We have strict monitoring and assessment, measures and work to support and guarantee it. 2018-12-13 15:50:43

CGTN Reporter: Over the past 40 years, China has made a lot of achievements in poverty reduction. What is the most important problem to be solved in poverty reduction? With less than two years to go before the goal of building a moderately prosperous society by 2020, what poverty reduction work should we focus on next? What are the difficulties and challenges? How to deal with it? 2018-12-13 15:52:09 Liu Yongfu: In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, we have made remarkable achievements.Everyone has been to a poverty-stricken area. In the past, when we thought of a village, we might have to walk for a week, take a slow train, take a bus after the train, take a boat after the bus, and walk after the boat. It is impossible to get to a poor village without three or five days. Now, from the provincial capital to the poor villages, they can basically arrive on the same day. Our greatest achievement or solution to the most prominent problem is that we have found a road of poverty alleviation and development with Chinese characteristics in line with China's national conditions.In the early days of liberation, we hoped to solve the problem of poverty by establishing public ownership. Later, due to the deviation in work, it was not realized. At the beginning of the reform and opening up, we were able to eat through the reform of the land management contract system, but there are still more development problems that have not been solved. For example, the road is impassable, the outside world is not accessible, and it is difficult to share the fruits of social development; the language is impassable, and it is impossible to communicate; the ideas are not accessible, and the ideas of accepting the socialist market economy are relatively backward.In the Seven-Year Priority Plan, we proposed that administrative villages should have access to telephone and postal services. After several years of hard work, we have done a good job, reaching more than 90%. Now on the phone, the mobile phone is 4G, not from 2G to 3G and then to 4G, but overtaking and leapfrogging development. I think the most fundamental thing is to explore a development path that is in line with China's national conditions. We not only learn from international experience in poverty reduction, but also determine the focus of work in different periods and the standard of poverty alleviation in different periods according to China's national conditions. After long-term unremitting efforts and practical exploration, absolute poverty will be eliminated by 2020. Ten years ahead of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development proposed by the United Nations.Now it can be said that we have entered the stage of overcoming difficulties and attacking cities and villages. From the point of view, it is the deep poverty-stricken areas, the "three districts and three States", and the deep poverty-stricken areas other than the "three districts and three States". There are 135 deep poverty-stricken counties in the "three district and three state", and 199 deep poverty counties in addition to the "three-district and three-state". This is the focus of our work, if the work is not in place, it is easy to pull back. From a superficial point of view, we should follow the principle of "two no worries,"The comprehensive standards of "three guarantees" and "one income" should be verified to find out the real situation. How many people have not solved the problem of drinking water safety, how many people live in dangerous houses, how many basic medical care is not guaranteed, and how many compulsory education is not guaranteed, we should take the county as a unit, verify village by village, household by household, and then solve it. One is to point out the deep poverty-stricken areas, deep poverty-stricken counties and deep poverty-stricken villages, and the other is to prevent the emergence of dead corners in work. 2018-12-13 16:11:30

Economic Daily reporter: Recently, we went down to interview and research and found that with the intensification of poverty alleviation efforts, the development of key poverty-stricken villages has been particularly rapid, and indeed the outlook has changed greatly. But now some non-key poverty-stricken villages, even some villages that are not poverty-stricken villages, are lagging behind. In terms of top-level design, how can we ensure that those non-key poverty-stricken villages can also complete the task of poverty alleviation and cap removal on schedule by 2020? 2018-12-13 16:16:48 Liu Yongfu: Identifying poverty-stricken counties and identifying poverty-stricken villages is also a measure to achieve regional accuracy and unit accuracy. In 2014, 128,000 poverty-stricken villages were identified nationwide, and about 100,000 of them are expected to be withdrawn by the end of this year. Targeted poverty alleviation policies are mainly village-to-household. The policies enjoyed by the poor are the same, whether you are a poor county or a poor village, the policies are the same all over the country.Poor villages and poor counties have more difficulties because of the large number of poor people, so they have more support. After several years of assistance, the basic conditions, industrial development and policy support of poor counties and villages have been well implemented, and the number of poor people has been greatly reduced, and some of them have basically no absolute poor people and have taken off their hats. However, in the past, non-poverty-stricken counties and non-poverty-stricken villages had less financial support, and the progress of poverty alleviation was slower. In this year's dynamic adjustment of poverty-stricken villages, local villages that have been lifted out of poverty are allowed to withdraw, and some villages with more prominent problems can be included in the establishment of archives and cards to enjoy support policies. In addition, it can be arranged by the local government as a whole, and the big policy will not be adjusted, but the local government can consider it as a whole. With the completion of the tasks of poor counties and villages, we can fine-tune the policies, integrate resources and increase support for non-poor counties and villages. 2018-12-13 16:26:47

In the end, millions of the more than 30 million poor people are expected to be covered up in this way. 2018-12-13 16:42:22 Liu Yongfu: The road of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics is mainly characterized by the leadership of the Party and the leadership of the government. Poverty reduction in many countries in the world, the first is that the government issues food vouchers to ensure that the poor do not starve, relying on NGOs to do, small fight. However, China has a large population and a large number of poor people.Small fights don't solve problems. For example, there are more than 10 million people who do not have the basic living conditions for poverty alleviation and relocation. Many countries do not have 10 million people in the whole country, and more than 5 million people have been relocated simultaneously, which is equivalent to 15 million people. It is a very grand project and needs to mobilize all forces. Therefore, we must adhere to the leadership of the Party and the leadership of the government. The second feature that is different from the international community is that many countries draw a line and issue food stamps to give relief.We also need to talk about development. Why? First, the gap is large, and second, we are a large agricultural country, many places do not have access to roads and electricity, and need regional development. Moreover, the quality of some labor force in our country is not high, and human resources development is needed. There are many good resources in poverty-stricken areas, as well as industries with distinctive advantages. So we always insist on development. We have also identified a feature, that is, precision. At first, it was divided into districts, then into poor counties, then into poor villages, and finally into poor households and poor people.More and more precise, more and more sophisticated. Another characteristic is seriousness. In the past, we implemented the Seven-Year Priority Poverty Alleviation Program and the First Ten-Year Plan, leaving behind the "bottom of the pot" of 20 million to 30 million poor people. This battle against poverty requires that we not leave behind the "bottom of the pot". How can we do so? It is to carry out the most stringent assessment. There are peacetime assessment, year-end assessment, year-end assessment mobilization and training this morning, and provincial cross-assessment to check whether the policy has been implemented.Whether the responsibility has been fulfilled, whether the work has been fulfilled, and whether the poor people who should be identified have come in, whether the poor people who should not be withdrawn have withdrawn, and whether the masses are satisfied, we call it "two rates and one degree". We should focus on the supervision of funds and carry out the audit of capital projects. He also commissioned journalists and friends to make secret visits. Through these measures, we can make clear the work situation in various places, accurately, truly and hard. 2018-12-13 16:42:37Farmer's Daily reporter: Two questions. The first question is, there are still two years to go before the end of 2020. How many poor counties are there? How many poor people have not been lifted out of poverty? What are the main reasons for the poor counties and people who have not been lifted out of poverty? What aspects should we step up our efforts to eradicate poverty in an all-round way by 2020. The second question is that the greatest achievement of poverty reduction in the past 40 years may be to find a way to reduce poverty with Chinese characteristics and in line with China's national conditions.Would you please introduce the characteristics of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics? 2018-12-13 16:29:19 Liu Yongfu: At present, there are 832 poverty-stricken counties, 28 counties have been lifted out of poverty in 2016, 125 counties have been lifted out of poverty in 2017, and now the 153rd poverty-stricken county has been announced to be lifted off poverty. It is estimated that 280 to 290 counties will be lifted off poverty, totaling more than 430. So I say that by the end of this year, more than 50% of the poverty-stricken counties will be lifted.With only two years to go before the papers are handed in, there are still about 400 counties that need to withdraw. Next year, it is expected that there will be a little more than 300, and the year after next, there will be dozens. This is only a plan, which can only be determined through strict assessment. Of the 128,000 poor villages, 60,000 had been lifted out of poverty by the end of last year, and about 30,000 to 40,000 have been lifted out of poverty this year. This is declared by the local government and has not been verified yet. More than 1000 villages have come in, that is to say, nearly 100000 villages have been lifted out of poverty, and less than 30000 villages are still wearing the hat of poor villages.In the next two years, it will be lifted out of poverty. Now many of the remaining poor villages are in the deep poverty-stricken areas. First, the industry is backward. Second, the labor force goes out to work and does not adapt to life. They do not understand the language, have different living habits and lack skills. Third, quite a number of them are old, sick and disabled. We will continue to take different measures for these poor people with different causes of poverty. Those who have the ability to work are encouraged and supported to develop their industries or go out to work; semi-laborers and weak laborers are encouraged to participate in public welfare work, such as forest rangers, nurses and security guards, which can increase their income by several hundred yuan a month; the elderly, sick and disabled who do not have the ability to work are mainly covered by social security.In the end, millions of the more than 30 million poor people are expected to be covered up in this way. 2018-12-13 16:42:22 Liu Yongfu: The road of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics is mainly characterized by the leadership of the Party and the leadership of the government. Poverty reduction in many countries in the world, the first is that the government issues food vouchers to ensure that the poor do not starve, relying on NGOs to do, small fight. However, China has a large population and a large number of poor people.Small fights don't solve problems. For example, there are more than 10 million people who do not have the basic living conditions for poverty alleviation and relocation. Many countries do not have 10 million people in the whole country, and more than 5 million people have been relocated simultaneously, which is equivalent to 15 million people. It is a very grand project and needs to mobilize all forces. Therefore, we must adhere to the leadership of the Party and the leadership of the government. The second feature that is different from the international community is that many countries draw a line and issue food stamps to give relief.We also need to talk about development. Why? First, the gap is large, and second, we are a large agricultural country, many places do not have access to roads and electricity, and need regional development. Moreover, the quality of some labor force in our country is not high, and human resources development is needed. There are many good resources in poverty-stricken areas, as well as industries with distinctive advantages. So we always insist on development. We have also identified a feature, that is, precision. At first, it was divided into districts, then into poor counties, then into poor villages, and finally into poor households and poor people.More and more precise, more and more sophisticated. Another characteristic is seriousness. In the past, we implemented the Seven-Year Priority Poverty Alleviation Program and the First Ten-Year Plan, leaving behind the "bottom of the pot" of 20 million to 30 million poor people. This battle against poverty requires that we not leave behind the "bottom of the pot". How can we do so? It is to carry out the most stringent assessment. There are peacetime assessment, year-end assessment, year-end assessment mobilization and training this morning, and provincial cross-assessment to check whether the policy has been implemented.Whether the responsibility has been fulfilled, whether the work has been fulfilled, and whether the poor people who should be identified have come in, whether the poor people who should not be withdrawn have withdrawn, and whether the masses are satisfied, we call it "two rates and one degree". We should focus on the supervision of funds and carry out the audit of capital projects. He also commissioned journalists and friends to make secret visits. Through these measures, the work situation in various places will be clarified, accurate, truer and tough. 2018-12-13 16:42:37

Reporter of CCTV Economic Voice of Central Radio and Television Station: Now more and more enterprises and entrepreneurs are entering the field of poverty alleviation to do related work. What role do you think enterprises and entrepreneurs play in poverty reduction in China? In addition, we are concerned that you recently pointed out in a forum that the incidence of poverty in China dropped to 3.1% by the end of 2017. Is there a lower limit for the incidence of poverty? Is it possible for 3.1% to continue to decline? 2018-12-13 17:05:00 Liu Yongfu: The role of entrepreneurs is very important, whether state-owned entrepreneurs or private entrepreneurs, are the leaders of creating material wealth, entrepreneurs represent the industry. Poverty alleviation is to increase income, turn those without labor skills into those with labor skills, turn those with low enthusiasm into diligent people, help the poor out of poverty, and entrepreneurs play a leading role. Therefore, we encourage state-owned enterprises to help poor areas and engage in industrial cooperation. One of the best ways for the east to help the west is to organize entrepreneurs from the east to invest in the west, so as to promote economic development in the west, increase people's income and lift the poor out of poverty.Now, with the implementation of the "Ten Thousand Enterprises Helping Ten Thousand Villages" campaign, more than 40000 private enterprises have helped more than 30000 poor villages, and some larger enterprises have helped a county, a township and a village. State-owned enterprises implement the "one hundred counties and ten thousand villages" assistance action. On the one hand, the development of industry and economy depends on the guidance of entrepreneurs and the cultivation of market rules, which is to attract entrepreneurs. On the other hand, we should train talented people in poor areas to become entrepreneurs and encourage those who go out to work to return and return home. We are not only attracting entrepreneurs,Moreover, we should train the leaders of entrepreneurship and prosperity in poor villages, with projects and funds, and one person should drive dozens or hundreds of people. In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the incidence of poverty in rural areas has dropped from 97.5% to 3.1% at the end of last year, and is expected to fall below 2% this year. Forty years ago, the figures were reversed. Before, 97% of them were poor. Now, 97% of them are not poor. The poverty incidence rate of 3.1% is bound to continue to decline, and finally to achieve zero.To win the battle against poverty, absolute poverty will be eliminated historically, and relative poverty will be faced in the future. How to set the standard of relative poverty and how to support it, we need to sum up the experience of the previous 40 years, and then study and put forward policy measures, there will certainly be ways. Thank you. 2018-12-13 17:24:37 Hu Kaihong: This is the end of today's press conference. Thank you, Director Liu. Thank you! 2018-12-13 17:24:54 The above news is reposted from Guoxin.