“Seminar on Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation Policy and Practice for Officials from Francophone Africa 2013” Closed in Beijing

20 June, 2013 --- The closing ceremony of the “Seminar on Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation Policy and Practice for Officials from Francophone Africa 2013”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and organized by IPRCC, was held at Beijing Fraternal Cooperation International Hotel. A total of fourteen government officials from the relevant government departments of Algeria, Benin, Mali, Madagascar, Senegal, Tunisia, Djibouti, Ivory Coast and the Republic of Congo participated in this 15-day seminar. At the closing ceremony, the trainee representative Ms. Aya Esther Akale Nee Biaye and IPCC Deputy Head Ms. He Xiaojun made their concluding remarks respectively, congratulating on the complete success of the seminar.

Themed on “Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation Policy and Practice”, the seminar aimed to promote policy sharing and experience exchangebetween China and African countries on poverty reduction and development. It consisted of three parts: thematic lectures, country-specific presentations and field trip. A total of 11 thematic lectures were organized, covering China’s socioeconomic development, the strategy and experience of development-oriented poverty reduction in rural China, comparative analysis of economic development and poverty reduction between China and Africa, the policies and practices of China’s rural development, the raising and management of aid-the-poor funds in rural China, the policy series of development-oriented poverty reduction in rural China and the policies and practices of rural development in local provinces. During the seminar, in order to comprehensive learn about the results and practices of various rural poverty reduction policies implemented by Gansu Province, the trainees went on a field trip to Gansu, visiting Weiheyuan Potato Seed Company in Weiyuan County, Tianyuanze Potato Cooperative, Poverty Alleviation Mutual Aid Cooperative and Wuzhu Potato Association in Tianjiahe Village, Shouyang Township Health Center of Longxi County, Longxi County Vocational and Technical Training School, Longxi County Wenfeng Medicine Market, Majie Village of A’wu Township in Dangchang County, Village and Household Partnership Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Program of Xigu Village, Xigu Village Primary School, Shibuzhai Village of Nanhe Township in Dangchang County, Relocation-based Poverty Reduction Program of Minfu Village in Xinchengzi Township, Dangchang County Secondary Vocational Training School, and Maoyu Mountain Eco-conservation Program of Dangchang County.

At the closing ceremony, the trainees spoke highly of this year’s seminar, saying that China had adopted effective policies and gained invaluable experience in facilitating rural poverty reduction and promoting social development, and that they would apply the experience to the socioeconomic development of their own countries. Moreover, the trainees also brought forward a number of comments and suggestions regarding the exchange and cooperation on rural development and poverty reduction in the hope of expanding and deepening the communication and cooperation with China in broader fields and on higher levels.