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VOL. XXIX No. 9 September 2017 Rs. 20.00 Ambassador Luo Zhaohui met with Mr. Lal Krishna Ambassador Luo Zhaohui and his wife Counselor Jiang Advani, an Indian politician and senior leader of the BJP. Yili hold a book launch ceremony for Mr. Sarin who is the author of China's Agriculture and Political Economy. Ambassador Luo Zhaohui met with Dr. Tang Qian, Ambassador Luo Zhaohui met with Mr. Li Xiaosan, Assistant-Director General for Education of UNESCO. member of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Standing Committee, Director of the Organization Department of CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee. Ambassador Luo Zhaohui received Interview with Counselor Jiang Yili met with Mr. Malik, a famous Indian Xinhua News Agency. movie star. Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China 1. China’s “All-round Well-off Society” an Inspiration for Whole World 4 2. New Force Behind China’s Shifting Economic Landscape 8 3. China Concentrates on Sci-tech Innovation 11 4. Belt and Road Golden Chance for Global Growth 14 5. China’s Railways on Track to Future 16 6. China’s Jumbo Jet Sets Course for Global Skies 20 7. National Parks Drive China’s Green Development 22 BRICS Summit 2017 1. Ninth BRICS Summit Opens Xi Jinping Chairs the Summit and Delivers 24 Important Speech Stressing Stronger BRICS Partnership for a Brighter Future 2. Full Text of President Xi’s Remarks at Plenary Session of BRICS Xiamen Summit 27 3. Full Text of President Xi’s Speech at Opening Ceremony of BRICS Business Forum 30 4. Xi Jinping Attends Dialogue Between Leaders of BRICS Countries and BRICS Business 35 Council and Opening Ceremony of the BRICS Cultural Festival and Photo Exhibition 5. Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan Welcome Leaders and Their Spouses, Guests from BRICS and 38 Countries Invited by Dialogue Between Emerging Market Economies and Developing Countries 6. Xi Jinping Chairs Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries and Delivers 40 Important Speech 7. Xi Jinping Meets with Chinese and Foreign Journalists 43 External Affairs 1. Xi Jinping Meets with President Vladimir Putin of Russia 45 2. Xi Jinping Holds Talks with President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan 47 3. Xi Jinping Holds Talks with President Michel Temer of Brazil 49 4. Xi Jinping Meets with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa 50 5. Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei 52 6. Li Keqiang Meets with Nepalese Guest 54 China-India Relations 1. Xi Jinping Meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India 55 2. Wang Yi: Make Sure China-India Relations not Derail, Confront or Go out of Control, 57 and Promote Himalayan Region to Be New Highland for Asia’s Development 3. Stay True to the Mission and Keep Moving Forward 58 4. Remarks by Ambassador Luo Zhaohui on the Launching Ceremony of the Book Titled 59 China’s Agriculture and Political Economy 5. BRICS Summit in Xiamen Brings China, India Closer 60 6. China-India Cooperation Helps Promote Open Global Trade, Counter Protectionism 62 7. Interview: Indian Scholar Believes India, China can Cooperate in Various Fields 63 Culture & Life 1. Cashless Trend Takes Hold in China 65 2. Old Meets New on Beijing’s Historic Axis 66 3. Booming Children’s Education Market in China 68 1. High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China Celebrates 30th Anniversary 70 2. Hoh Xil Launches Environment Protection Reform 71 Book Review - Seeing the Real China in the Economic Perspective 73 CRI-CIBN 74 Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China CHINA’S “ALL-ROUND WELL-OFF SOCIETY” AN INSPIRATION FOR WHOLE WORLD by Guo Likun, Yang Hongtao, Xu Xiaoqing (China Features) Long Tianbao, a 44-year-old Baiwang village, Rongjiang county, with high expenditure level?” he said peasant in Guizhou, one of China’s had no idea what to expect when the poorest provinces, did not expected government relocated his entire After much deliberation, Long three kilograms of rice to change his village to the county seat, 25 and his wife decided to take three family’s fate. kilometers away. kilograms of rice to their new destination. Having his home village nestled “With no education background deeply in the inhospitable Moon and only strength, can I find a job? “If we find a job before we have mountain, Long, an ethnic Miao in How can I make ends meet in a town eaten the rice, we will stay; if not, we 4 News From China September 2017 Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China will go back to the mountain and income double those of 2010 by since, accounting for over 70 percent never move out,” he said. 2020. of global poverty reduction. They both found a job in a brick The baseline task is to lift all These figures prompted The company the next day. people out of poverty. Economist to describe China as the “hero of the world’s poverty- Now, they have an apartment This entails improving the reduction efforts.” only three kilometers from their wellbeing of 43.35 million people company, earn more than 6,000 yuan living below the national poverty line With 700 million people still (900 U.S. dollars) a month, roughly of 2,300 yuan in annual income at struggling with poverty worldwide, equivalent to their annual household 2010 prices. half in sub-Saharan Africa and one- income in the past, and two children third in South Asia, more countries trained to be a teacher and a doctor. If the tasks are completed on are turning to China for inspiration. time, China will meet the United Long, who had never ridden a Nations goal of wiping out poverty in THE FINAL BUT PUSH bike before, has learnt to drive a all its forms 10 years ahead of the forklift, ride a motorbike and got a 2030 deadline. In past decades, China has built license for electrical welding. highways, railroads and ports, China had 770 million poor networks for electricity and water China is closing in on its residents in rural areas, or 97.5 access, and ever y possible ambitious goal of achieving an “all- percent of the rural population, when infrastructure to connect every round well-off society,” or a it started the reform and opening-up possible place in the country, bringing moderately prosperous society in all drive more than 30 years ago. Over vast numbers of people out of respects, with GDP and per capita 700 million have shaken off poverty poverty. News From China September 2017 5 Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China For places like Baiwang village, “Poverty reduction, like so many considered impoverished, and which are locked in mountains with important endeavors, is subject to the concentrated efforts accordingly. arid land, a fragile environment and law of diminishing returns,” she said. frequent natural disasters, traditional When poverty was widespread relief methods failed. The people who benefit first are and the income gap was small, such a most likely those who were best one-size-fits-all approach worked Relocation has proved to be equipped to do so, owing to, say, their wonders. effective, ensuring every household a background or geography. By the time 50-square-meter apartment, access to there are only a few - or even a few I n 2 0 1 4 , h o w e v e r , t h e tailored training and at least one million - left, one can expect reaching government mobilized more than family member employed. them to be much harder, Ryder said. 800,000 people to put every poor individual on file, while identifying Poverty in Baiwang has reduced Answering such problems, China the causes of their poverty and needs to 4.8 percent from 68.9 percent. is seeking to reform and diversify its to rid of it. poverty relief tactics. To speed up eradication of Nearly 2 million people were extreme poverty, Guizhou has singled The Chinese leadership has organized between August 2015 and out 7,654 villages, each with no more underlined high precision in its final June 2016 to make sure those who than 50 households and poverty over poverty eradication push. This means were really poor were included on the 50 percent, to be relocated by 2020. poverty alleviation must focus on database, according to the State individuals, and use the right tools to Council Leading Group Office of Hannah Ryder, a former head of ensure resources trickle down to the P o v e r t y A l l e v i a t i o n a n d policy and partnerships for the United poorest in the most effective way. Development. Nations Development Programme in China, has warned of significant costs China used to rely on sampling As a result, apart from a multi- as China enters the most difficult surveys to determine which villages or year timetable to wipe out poverty, phase of poverty alleviation. even counties could be legitimately the Chinese government also created 6 News From China September 2017 Special Report - 68th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China different policies for different regions “Achieving an all-round well-off CHINA RECIPE based on their own conditions, such as society is not a game of figures or developing business, relocation, speed,” Chinese President Xi Jinping In April this year, Mark van den compensating peasants in ecologically told officials late last year. Boogaard, a senior policy adviser for fragile areas, enhancing education and the UNDP, and Javier Miranda, improving social security.