Poverty Reduction in China

Poverty reduction through science and technology is an important sign of the transition from poverty alleviation to science and technology development. Its purpose is to apply applicable science and technology to reform the closed small-scale peasant economic model in poverty-stricken areas, improve the scientific and cultural qualities of farmers, increase their resource development level and labor productivity, promote the development of a commodity economy, and speed up the pace of peasants' poverty alleviation.