No resting on laurels after eliminating poverty

Next year, China will celebrate the end of poverty. This will mark the accomplishment of over 40 years of continuous and consistent efforts, policies, and programs aimed at lifting the whole rural population in China out of poverty.

While China will rightly celebrate the achievement, the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-around way, xiǎo kāng shè huì,is far from being completed.

There are five challenges that China will still need to face after 2020.