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Symposium on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and Development Held in Beijing

ANSO-APRD

09 03, 2022

On 25February, 2022, the Symposium on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and Development took place in the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Geographical Resources). The conference was jointly sponsored by the Institute of Geographical Resources, the Research Center for Targeted Poverty Alleviation Evaluation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO). More than 150 people, including representatives of local governments and universities, attended the symposium.

WANG Shenglin, the Secretary of the Institute of Geographical Resources, hosted the opening ceremony. On behalf of the IGSNRR, he expressed heartfelt thanks and a warm welcome to the leaders and the team representatives attending the meeting. Professor Ailikun, Assistant Executive Director of the ANSO Secretariat, stated that China’s great success in poverty eradication has won the recognition and praise of the world. In addition, professor LIU Yansui, the president of The Alliance for Poverty Reduction and Development (ANSO-APRD), expressed that APRD promotes the sharing of poverty alleviation and development experience and models between China and other countries, and contributes to global poverty reduction.

ANSO-APRD took the lead in writing the report “The Supporting Role and Experience of Science and Technology for Poverty Alleviation and Development”, which was officially released at the symposium. Professor LI Yuheng hosted the release session. Professor Ailikun introduced the positive role of ANSO-APRD in improving people’s livelihood, promoting development, helping to achieve the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. She also discussed the practice and experience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in poverty alleviation from four aspects: the background and achievements of poverty alleviation in China, the strategy of poverty alleviation in China, typical experience and practice of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in poverty alleviation through science and technology, and suggestions for poverty alleviation in developing countries along the Belt and Road region.

Experts and scholars also shared relevant reports on the evolution of global poverty and the poverty reduction strategy of The Belt and Road Initiative in the report session, pointing out that the world’s poverty center has shifted from Asia to sub-Saharan Africa. China’s poverty reduction practice has accelerated the process of global poverty reduction and provided a reference for poverty reduction in developing countries. In addition to that, the poverty problems and sustainable poverty reduction strategies faced by the regions of The Belt and Road Initiative were discussed in the session as well. 

Contributed by Alliance of Poverty Reduction and Development (APRD); Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Chinese Academy of Sciences.


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