The Global Center on Development Knowledge Sharing releases case studies of effective poverty alleviation practices in Beijing on October 19 (COURTESY PHOTO) 

The Global Center on Development Knowledge Sharing, a newly established Beijing-based think tank, has released a collection of case studies demonstrating best practices for poverty alleviation and rural development in northwest China's Gansu Province at the 2021 International Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships, held in Beijing on October 19.

The theme of this year's seminar was “Post-COVID-19 Global Rural Development and Poverty Reduction: Innovations for Agri-Food Systems Transformation.” The five case studies released at the seminar provided vivid accounts of how to reduce poverty through education, preservation and inheritance of traditional culture, environmental protection, and tourism development.

The seminar also featured a video series detailing poverty reduction cases in Gansu's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, including yak husbandry and Thanka producing. The think tank conducted the case studies and filmed the videos in partnership with the Gansu Provincial Government.

"The case study collection and video series were created to help the international community deepen their understanding of China's poverty alleviation," said Zheng Wenhua, a member of the China Internet Information Center (CIIC) leadership. The CIIC is a cofounder of the newly-created think tank.

"I was really impressed to see all the great progress made in Gannan, Gansu Province. I hope the Gannan model can be replicated in places where conditions permit," Carlos Watson, the representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in China, told China.org.cn.

The seminar was co-hosted by the FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), and the CIIC.

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