How China lifts 100 million people out of poverty - A mission of a century

BEIJING, Feb 27 (Xinhua): China has achieved its poverty alleviation goal, with all of the country's nearly 100 million rural residents living below the current poverty line shaking off poverty after eight years of arduous efforts.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has fulfilled its historic promise of eradicating absolute poverty in the largest developing country on the planet.