Forum shares experience in poverty relief

China's practices seen as inspiring for many other developing countries

Some 300 diplomats, government officials and experts from 34 countries and regions as well as international organizations gathered in Southwest China over the weekend to exchange experiences on poverty reduction and seek ways for modernization and sustainable development.

"Poverty is a major problem that human society has been and is still facing in many parts of the world," Irina Bokova, former director-general of UNESCO, said on Saturday at the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Forum on Poverty Governance and Global Development. The two-day forum was held in Lushui, a city in the Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province.

"Since the beginning of the reforms in China, a little more than four decades ago, China has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, accounting for over 70 percent of global poverty reduction accomplishments," Bokova said, noting that the country declared a "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty in 2021.