Learn from China's success in meeting MDGs

At the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000, 189 member states unanimously adopted the Millennium Declaration, collectively agreeing "to free all men, women, and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty".

To support this bold ambition a set of clear and comprehensive goals were adopted, committing the world to specific targets for progress in eight key areas by 2015.

These Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have become the main yardstick for global progress in the battle against deprivation and are followed closely around the world.