Bert Hofman, World Bank Country Director of China, Mongolia and Korea, supported Chen’s point by analyzing the international application of China’s poverty reduction experiences. He highlighted both enabling social economic environment for broad poverty reduction and specifically tailored anti-poverty approaches in the following five aspects. These include i) long-term overarching strategic planning and policy, ii) gradual economic reform, job growth and continual infrastructure improvement, iii) boosting agricultural productivity, iv) targeted and systemic poverty reduction. v) urbanization driven by industry-based development zones.
