China's poverty reduction efforts deliberately misunderstood, says expert

Robert Walker, a British expert and professor at Beijing Normal University, said China's poverty reduction efforts are sometimes deliberately misunderstood, partly because its multidimensional approach differs from the income-based measure used in the SDGs. Global progress in eradicating extreme poverty has stalled largely because China eliminated extreme poverty in 2021, leaving the rest of the world to catch up. China has demonstrated what is possible and offers valuable lessons, Walker told China Daily.