Combined file photo taken on May 7, 2017 (L) show a newly-constructed road along the mountain and on July 4, 2012 shows children moving on the mountain road after school, in Nongyong Village of Dahua County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Children living in poverty-stricken mountainous region in Guangxi have witnessed their lives turn brand new in the past seven years, with their basic needs for life and school satisfied thanks to poverty alleviation efforts of local government. China has pledged to lift another 10 million people out of poverty in its rural areas in 2018. The ambitious call for action demonstrates the country's earnest efforts to eliminate poverty, after more than 68 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past five years. Through nearly 40 years of reform and opening-up, against the existing rural poverty standards, China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty, accounting for over 70 percent of the global poverty reduction accomplishments. The successful achievements China has made in poverty alleviation have not only promoted the development of its own human rights endeavor, but also greatly contributed to that of the international community. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/TO GO WTH Commentary: China's anti-poverty drive boosts global human rights progress)
