
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to poverty alleviation. He has addressed the issue on many occasions. The following are some highlights of his quotes.
-- It is an essential requirement of socialism to eradicate poverty, improve people's living standards and achieve common prosperity among the people.
-- No single poor area or individual shall be left behind.
-- Genuinely poor people are to genuinely shake off poverty. Poverty must be truly eliminated.
-- The measurement for moderate prosperity lies in rural areas.
-- Cadres play a key role in helping people shake off poverty.
-- Eradicating poverty is a common mission of human beings.
-- It will be the first time in the millennia-old history of the Chinese nation that absolute poverty is comprehensively eliminated.
-- Being lifted out of poverty is not an end in itself but the starting point of a new life and a new pursuit.
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