This book vividly depicts the progress of China’s poverty alleviation with a particular focus on the author’s first-hand experiences witnessing the historical changes of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the development of Minning Town. During his extensive field research in Ningxia, Shanxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Hunan, the author interviewed poor households and the grassroots officials, narrating their experiences before and after shaking off poverty. Depicting representative
內容簡介:
This book vividly depicts the progress of China’s poverty alleviation with a particular focus on the author’s first-hand experiences witnessing the historical changes of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the development of Minning Town. During his extensive field research in Ningxia, Shanxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Hunan, the author interviewed poor households and the grassroots officials, narrating their experiences before and after shaking off poverty. Depicting representative stories of different regions in China, this book, more than just an account of how people emerged from poverty, also tells how they came to earn a better living and their feelings and reflections on poverty alleviation policies.
關於作者:
About the Author
???Sun Yongming is a member of Fujian Provincial Writers’ Association and China TV Artists Association (CTAA). He has published Gu Wenchang: The Man Who Greened an Island, Fond Memories: Stories of Officials Assisting Tibet, and other books. The documentaries he has written include Visiting Taiwan, The Road Builders of Fujian, and The Bond Between Fujian and Tibet: Fujian Officials Working in Tibet. His writings have won the Best Works Award by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and Best Literary Works of Fujian Province.
目錄:
ontents
Chapter One?A Problem Perplexing Mankind??/ 1
Overview of Poverty ??/ 4
Background and Impact of Poverty??/ 29
Chapter Two?Reflections of a Nation??/ 53
Reflections and Explorations of the First Village??/ 56
A Collective Reflection??/ 60
A Nation’s Commitment??/ 68
Chapter Three?
Science-based Policy-making and
Implementation??/ 79
No One Left Behind??/ 82
Responsibilities and Duties??/ 91
The Practice of Minning Town??/ 94
Getting out of the Predicament??/ 99
Practices of
Targeted Poverty Eradication Based on Local Conditions??/ 104
Poverty Alleviation Through Education??/ 111
Poverty Reduction Through Financial Measures??/ 122
Poverty Reduction with Science and Technology??/ 132
E-business-based Poverty Reduction??/ 141
A Higher Goal??/ 145
Chapter Four?Shaping the Culture of the New Era??/ 159
Changes of Mindset??/ 162
Changes in
Quality of the Population and Their
Productivity??/ 167
Chapter Five?A Solemn Declaration??/ 213
The Aspiration of Humanity??/ 214
Close Ties with the People ??/ 217
Voices of China??/ 226
Epilogue??/ 233