Editor's note: China has successfully lifted 800 million people out of poverty in the past 35 years and the government is now committed to reducing rural poverty essentially to zero by 2020. What do you think of China's poverty reduction strategy? Readers share their opinions.

GhostBuster (Expat in China)

Poverty is part of all human civilization on the planet. It is our duty and responsibility to eradicate it. Through science and technology, Chinese government has raised hundreds of millions of citizens out of poverty. However, the road ahead is tough and more effort will be made until everybody is lifted out of poverty. This will be finally achieved in China!

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2017 shows the bird's-eye view of Mannashan Village in Bulangshan Town of Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A total of 524 people of the Bulang ethnic group live at the village and most of them have built new houses with the help of government under a policy of poverty alleviation. [Photo/Xinhua]