A randomized controlled trial by the ADB, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Peking University found that microfinance ...

A representative of Digang from Zhejiang province (center) receives the Best Tourism Village award in Huzhou city, East China ...

October 17 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In reviewing China’s advantages and experiences in ...

Ningxia was one of the main battlefields in China's poverty reduction efforts. Its Xihaigu region was once labeled the "most unfit place for human settlement" by visiting experts from the United ...

At the end of last year, China made an audacious announcement. They said they had eliminated all poverty. The government said they achieved this by asking companies to move factories inland into ...

The Chinese model offers a powerful counter-narrative: effectiveness and results trump ideological purity. Africans are inspired by a system that delivered tangible prosperity to nearly 100 million ...

Two years ago, as she walked through a hospital hallway in handcuffs and shackles to get tested for COVID-19, Sun Junli felt ashamed and defeated. At 45, she had come a long way. The poor village girl ...

Two pairs of newlyweds have a Miao ethnic wedding in Shibadong village, Hunan province. Such celebrations have drawn tourists from all over China. [Photo/Xinhua] Yang Zhengbang, a 41-year-old villager ...

As China commemorates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, it does so with a profound sense of historical reckoning. From a nation once mired in poverty, rural backwardness, ...

“Shenzhen is a glimmering city of skyscrapers and Chinese economic prosperity since the late 70s and early 80s.” A brochure about the city of Shenzhen would say something along the lines of that, and ...