Poverty alleviation can be great achievement

This year, the two sessions are inextricably bound up with several important dates.

First, this year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when Mao Zedong stood at Tian'anmen Gate on Oct 1, 1949, and famously proclaimed that "The Chinese people have stood up."

Second, the year 2021 will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai.