China Energy’s Unique Road of Poverty Alleviation

Millions of poverty relief officials and workers have left countless legends of poverty alleviation with their passion, dedication and great sense of responsibility across the vast territory of China. Since 2012, China Energy Investment Corporation has blazed a unique trail of poverty alleviation through measures such as strengthening leadership, increasing investments, deploying capable personnel, reinforcing supervision and instruction, and innovating assistance methods, making remarkable contributions to China’s poverty reduction drive.

China Energy undertook the mission to provide paired assistance to nine poverty-stricken counties, including Nyainrong of Tibet Autonomous Region, Qumarleb and Gangca of Qinghai Province, Puge and Butuo of Sichuan Province, Youyu of Shanxi Province, Ningcheng of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Mizhi and Wubao of Shaanxi Province. Of them, five suffered extreme poverty, and four were poverty-stricken old revolutionary areas. China Energy ranks second among centrally administered enterprises in the number of poor counties under paired assistance. In addition, according to arrangements of local governments and departments at various levels, China Energy’s subsidiaries have provided poverty relief for 416 counties (townships or villages) around China. At present, they are still undertaking the tasks to help poverty alleviation in 267 counties (townships or villages) in 28 provincial-level regions. Thanks to the efforts of China Energy, the nine counties under its responsibility have all shaken off poverty.

China Energy has stuck to the strategy of targeted poverty alleviation. Focusing on actual and prominent problems causing poverty in those places, it took concrete actions and science-based, innovative approaches to achieve remarkable results, winning high praise from both central and local governments. It has been commended for its outstanding performance in poverty alleviation for three consecutive years, and received honors and awards such as the title of “Role Model in Poverty Alleviation” awarded by Sichuan and Qinghai provinces and “Award for Organization Innovation in Poverty Alleviation” by Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. Its poverty alleviation effort was included into the Top 50 cases of targeted poverty alleviation by enterprises in 2018 and 2019. Moreover, some of its employees sent to rural areas for poverty alleviation have been cited as role models in China’s campaign to eliminate poverty.