Poverty reduction: The China story that must be told

Combo photo shows villagers and their houses at Longbang Village, Nov. 11, 2018 (top, file photo) and a view of the resettlement site for poverty relief relocation for Longbang Village at Silin Township in Tiandong County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 28, 2019 (bottom, aerial photo taken by Cao Yiming). [Xinhua]

"It is the China story that must be told," said Robert Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation. "When historians of the future write the chronicles of our times, a feature may well be China's targeted poverty alleviation."

BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -China's achievements in combating poverty over the past 70 years are unprecedented, experts worldwide have said as the country continues to celebrate its weeklong National Day holiday.