STORY: Int'l experts speak positively about rural revitalization in China
SHOOTING TIME: File
DATELINE: March 31, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:00
LOCATION: HAIKOU, China/Moscow/Cairo
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of China's poverty alleviation
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KLAUS SCHUSTEREDER, Visiting scholar of Boao Forum for Asia
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): PAVEL KUZNETSOV, Deputy director, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AMER TAMAM, Egyptian expert

STORYLINE:

China began to implement a rural revitalization strategy in 2017 to address the imbalance between urban and rural areas and between regions.

In February 2021, China announced it had secured a "complete victory" in its fight against poverty.

Over the past 40 years, China had lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty, accounting for over 75 percent of global poverty reduction in the same period.

China has now embarked on a new journey of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KLAUS SCHUSTEREDER, Visiting scholar of Boao Forum for Asia
"What's impressive about China is the economic development and that has allowed to pull out hundreds of millions of people from poverty."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): PAVEL KUZNETSOV, Deputy director, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences
"Of course, the modernization of the villages, this is undoubtedly a huge achievement for China.
Addressing poverty is probably one of the most significant achievements of the Chinese leadership.
Three years ago, China announced the eradication of extreme poverty.
Last year, we know that per capita disposable income in (China's) rural areas exceeded 21,000 yuan and increased by (more than) 7 percent over the previous year. This is a very significant figure for hundreds of millions of people living in China."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AMER TAMAM, Egyptian expert
"China has a pioneering experience in eliminating poverty and improving the living standards of its people through the implementation of a unique plan, which has become a model for other developing countries to follow."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China/Moscow/Cairo.
(XHTV)