“The people indeed are heavily burdened, but perhaps a little ease may be got for them. Let us cherish this center of the kingdom, to secure the repose of the four quarters of it.” These lines from the Book of Songs, an anthology of ancient Chinese poetry written more than 2,000 years ago, convey the simple wish of the Chinese people for a prosperous life. This wish has come true in the 21st century. By 2021, the 98.99 million rural residents living below the current poverty line in China have been lifted out of poverty, now enjoying a better life of peaceful development as well as embracing a brighter future of common prosperity.
This is a field of hope. The fact that almost 1/5 of the world’s population has shaken off absolute poverty constitutes a miracle in the poverty-reduction history of mankind and marks a significant progress of human civilization. To follow up, the Chinese people are making efforts for rural revitalization and common prosperity, which will unfold another series of lively pictures, and invariably contribute to the common development around the globe as well as the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
