Xi: Victory over poverty will go down in history

Over the past eight years, the CPC Central Committee has prioritized poverty alleviation in its State governance and seen the effort as the bottom line in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, he said.

During that time, Xi chaired seven symposiums on poverty reduction and made over 50 inspection trips to poor areas, visiting all of the country's 14 extremely impoverished regional clusters.

The needs of food, clothing, compulsory education, basic healthcare and housing security have been met, with tailored medical treatments offered to over 20 million impoverished patients, social aid programs having covered over 24 million people and subsidies provided for people living in difficult circumstances and with disabilities.

"The sunshine of poverty alleviation has shined to every corner. The destinies of numerous people have hence changed, the dreams of millions were hence realized and the happiness of countless individuals was hence accomplished," Xi said.

Poor areas also saw their social and economic growth catching up, with the rundown homes of 7.9 million households, or 25.68 million poor people, renovated and over 9.6 million people relocated to homes with better natural conditions, Xi said.