China’s has been remarkable successfull in nearly eliminating extreme poverty in the country.
This achievement did not happen overnight, but the near-eradication of extreme poverty was the result of sustained economic growth, effective policy implementation and a committed focus on improving the lives of its poorest citizens.
This very realistic **[CGTN](https://www.cgtn.com/about-us)** documentary **[Revisiting China's poorest village](https://youtu.be/CuEeLO2amA8)** shows a small part of that story (including the challenges). Shedding a light on how China was able to lift so many people out of poverty and why it was able to do it so quickly.
[](https://youtu.be/CuEeLO2amA8)
Some people say this is fake and not true and that China manufactured all the data, but even respected instutions as [Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org) confirm the remakle fact, that the Chinese eliminated extreme poverty: **[Extreme poverty in China has been almost eliminated — first in urban, then in rural regions](https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/extreme-poverty-in-china-has-been-almost-eliminated-first-in-urban-then-in-rural-regions)**.
[](https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/extreme-poverty-in-china-has-been-almost-eliminated-first-in-urban-then-in-rural-regions)
> So don't believe the western mass media propaganda, that really has no shame with their deliberate slander of China, but be insired instead!
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