The two leaders issued a joint statement in which China commits to ‘sharing with South Africa experience in poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation; in building poverty alleviation model villages and offering support for South Africa’s co-ordinated urban and rural development’.
President Cyril Ramaphosa during a state visit to China, where he met with President Xi Jinping ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation . Picture: GCIS / September 3, 2024President Xi Jinping of China hosts African leaders for the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a state visit to China and will participate in the Summit.
The two leaders issued a joint statement in which one of the points is that ‘China is committed to sharing with South Africa experience in poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation; in building poverty alleviation model villages and offering support for South Africa’s co-ordinated urban and rural development’.
In 1949, at the founding of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, China was a backward, largely rural, agrarian country. These conditions persisted for decades until decisive action at political, policy, administration and implementation levels was taken. China’s success echoes Nelson Mandela’s insightful comment in 2005 when he said ‘like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural, it is man made, and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings’.
An outline of the broad contours and characteristics of China’s approach that has brought about this monumental achievement points to observations that fall into several categories – political, administrative, implementation and coordination, accountability, rigorous monitoring and evaluation of impact of adopted policies.
In a functioning state, policy decisions by the executive are expressed through official policy documents. In China, at the policy level, ‘poverty reduction is promoted as a national strategy’. The formulation of policy, strategies and plans to address poverty are based on ‘getting to the root causes of poverty’ which implies thorough, in-depth analysis, focus and commitment to appropriate and workable solutions.
Highlighting the importance of implementation and co-ordination observation is made that the war on poverty ‘has been won through concerted, co-ordinated, and innovative strategies’. In 1986, the State Council’s Leading Group for Poverty Reduction and Development was established ‘to provide coherence to a large number of poverty reduction initiatives’.
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