To be fair, CPC and the Chinese government started tackling poverty much earlier. Not to dismiss the commitment and great success by Xi himself, it just that his tenure happens to have begun when the hard work by his predecessors started paying off.https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/10j7dhw View attachment 105898View attachment 105899View attachment 105900
One of the comments: "What happened that caused the massive drop in poverty in 2013?"
Other commenter: "Xi Jinping happened."
According to this Baike , ever since PRC was established, lifting the nation out of poverty has been a mandate for CPC. The extreme poors have always received attention and support. But for long period of time, the effort and effect have been restricted by the severe economic and social underdevelopment of the whole country. Nevertheless, the foundation has been laid out.
In 1986, CPC and the Chinese government made poverty alleviation a high priority. Special offices and task forces were created within the party and governments. The first batch of 273 state level poverty counties (国家级贫困县) were identified.
我国第一次大规模扶贫开发政策的调整始于1986年,从上到下正式成立了专门扶贫机构,确定了开发式扶贫方针,确定了划分的标准,并划定了273个。后来将牧区县、“三西”项目县加进来,到1988年增加到328个国家级贫困县。 第二次调整是在1994年,国家启动“八七”扶贫攻坚计划,经过重新调整,国家级贫困县增至592个。 第三次调整发生在2001年。《(2001—2010年)》时年出台,纲要取消了沿海发达地区的所有国家级贫困县,增加了中西部地区的贫困县数量,但总数不变,同时将国家级贫困县改为扶贫开发重点县。以此为标志,我国扶贫开发工作进入下一阶段。