Exhibition illustrates country's anti-poverty successes

Wednesday was a busy day for European Union institutions, with the European Council holding an emergency summit to discuss a further Brexit extension for the United Kingdom. Still, there was time for the European Parliament in Brussels to host a photo exhibition about China's achievements in poverty reduction.

The event drew the attention of Carmen Hilario of Portugal, a political adviser to the budget committee of the European Parliament, who went to see the 40-plus photographs that highlight China's achievements in poverty alleviation in the past four decades.

"I believe that, worldwide, we are all very proud of what the Chinese people were able to do," she said. "It's an astonishing achievement that indeed has no parallel, even in the history of humankind."