07/07/2026
China lifted hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty over the past few decades, and Xi's government has pointed to the 2021 declaration of eliminating extreme rural poverty as a landmark achievement of his.
Whatever its political side-effects, the campaign did remove a large number of officials who were genuinely corrupt, and it was popular with parts of the public tired of graft at local and provincial levels.
Supporters argue that centralized, continuous leadership allows for consistent long-term planning (multi-decade industrial strategies, climate targets, tech self-sufficiency goals) without the disruption of frequent leadership turnover.
[Xi Jinping governance | Chinese Communist Party leadership | China poverty reduction | China economic policy | Xi Jinping third term | China term limits]