International Seminar on Sharing Experiences in Poverty Reduction Focus on B&R Countries
Original, GPIG, 05-22-2017
Participants of the International Seminar on Sharing Experiences in Poverty Reduction in the Belt and Road Countries take a group photo in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
May 18, Beijing——An international Seminar On Sharing Experiences in Poverty Reduction in the Belt and Road Countries was held today in Beijing. The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for China and other countries along the Belt and Road to learn from each other’s most valuable experiences in poverty reduction and discuss the feasibility of establishing a long-term mechanism for experience sharing and cooperation on poverty reduction among countries along the Belt and Road.
The event was co-hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to China (EUD), China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), and China Internet Information Center (CIIC). It was supported by EU-China Policy Dialogues Support Facility II (PDSF II).
Close to thirty experts from home and abroad joined in three panel discussions which centered on poverty reduction in the social, economic, and environment, science and technology sectors. Participants exchanged insights and presented information on successful poverty reduction cases in China and Belt and Road countries. They also discussed how China’s experience can shed light on poverty reduction in countries along the Belt and Road.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President, makes opening remarks at the forum’s opening ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President, makes opening remarks at the forum’s opening ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President said in his opening remarks that the targeted poverty reduction strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative both aim to improve productivity in poor areas. The process is boosted by the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs). Countries along the Belt and Road should integrate the two initiatives and assist the poor to participate in global economic activities to spur growth.
Tan Weiping, IPRCC Deputy Director General, delivers a keynote speech at the forum in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Tan Weiping, IPRCC Deputy Director General, said in the keynote speech that China has found its own measures in poverty reduction and is more than willing to work with other developing countries in combating poverty. The IPRCC would like to engage in more extensive cooperation with global partners and contribute more to poverty reduction efforts.
Lars Gronvald, Minister Counselor for Development Cooperation of the EU Delegation to China, speaks at the forum in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Lars Gronvald, Minister Counselor for Development Cooperation of the EU Delegation to China, outlined his expectations for the forum. He noted that a number of eminent Chinese experts are trying to draw together experiences of poverty reduction in different fields and at the same time trying to combine the long-standing experience of the EU and the international community, to see if we can use all of these to develop a set of more applicable, more easily adaptable lessons for how to work in the Belt and Road countries. This will allow these experiences to be made accessible to a wider audience.
Original, GPIG, 05-22-2017
Participants of the International Seminar on Sharing Experiences in Poverty Reduction in the Belt and Road Countries take a group photo in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
May 18, Beijing——An international Seminar On Sharing Experiences in Poverty Reduction in the Belt and Road Countries was held today in Beijing. The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for China and other countries along the Belt and Road to learn from each other’s most valuable experiences in poverty reduction and discuss the feasibility of establishing a long-term mechanism for experience sharing and cooperation on poverty reduction among countries along the Belt and Road.
The event was co-hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to China (EUD), China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), and China Internet Information Center (CIIC). It was supported by EU-China Policy Dialogues Support Facility II (PDSF II).
Close to thirty experts from home and abroad joined in three panel discussions which centered on poverty reduction in the social, economic, and environment, science and technology sectors. Participants exchanged insights and presented information on successful poverty reduction cases in China and Belt and Road countries. They also discussed how China’s experience can shed light on poverty reduction in countries along the Belt and Road.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President, makes opening remarks at the forum’s opening ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President, makes opening remarks at the forum’s opening ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Li Fugen, CIIC Vice President said in his opening remarks that the targeted poverty reduction strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative both aim to improve productivity in poor areas. The process is boosted by the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs). Countries along the Belt and Road should integrate the two initiatives and assist the poor to participate in global economic activities to spur growth.
Tan Weiping, IPRCC Deputy Director General, delivers a keynote speech at the forum in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Tan Weiping, IPRCC Deputy Director General, said in the keynote speech that China has found its own measures in poverty reduction and is more than willing to work with other developing countries in combating poverty. The IPRCC would like to engage in more extensive cooperation with global partners and contribute more to poverty reduction efforts.
Lars Gronvald, Minister Counselor for Development Cooperation of the EU Delegation to China, speaks at the forum in Beijing on May 18, 2017.
Lars Gronvald, Minister Counselor for Development Cooperation of the EU Delegation to China, outlined his expectations for the forum. He noted that a number of eminent Chinese experts are trying to draw together experiences of poverty reduction in different fields and at the same time trying to combine the long-standing experience of the EU and the international community, to see if we can use all of these to develop a set of more applicable, more easily adaptable lessons for how to work in the Belt and Road countries. This will allow these experiences to be made accessible to a wider audience.
