Annual Report2012

Annual Highlights

◆Global Poverty Reduction and Deelopment Forum Annual Meeting 2012

◆“The China-Africa Experience-Sharing on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Financing and Inclusive Growth” Conference 2012

◆R&D of Spatial Information System for Poverty Alleviation Project Launch

◆Address to IPRRC’s 7th Celebrity Forum by UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo, following his appointment as IPRCC Senior Adviser

◆Report on the Rio side meeting held on the sidelines of the UN Conference on “International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction in the Context of the MDGs”

◆Report on Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP)Minister Fan Xiaojian’s visit to China-Tanzania Village-level Learning Center for Poverty Reduction

◆Report on the LGOP Delegation’s visit to Mozambique, headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian

◆The sixth China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction Annual Meeting 2012
◆China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Annual Conference 2012

Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum Annual Meeting 2012



        17 October 2012 --- As part of the commemoration of the 20th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP) and the UN System in China hosted the “Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum”, which was  co-organized by IPRCC and UNDP China in Beijing. 28 Chinese and foreign minister-level delegates and more than 300 representatives from domestic and overseas government agencies, international organizations, research institutions, foreign embassies in China, social groups, business circles and media attended the event.



        Hui Liangyu, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP), addressed the opening ceremony.





After a message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed to the forum was read,  both UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo and Indonesian State Minister for National Development Planning ,Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, for their parts, proceeded to address the opening ceremony. 



Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development and LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian chaired the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech at the forum.

Amartya Sen, Professor at Harvard University and 1998 Nobel laureate in economics was invited to give a keynote speech at the forum.

        With the theme for the year 2012 event focusing on “Inclusive Development and Poverty Reduction”,, the forum kept to global development trends and major challenges. Focusing on the core agenda of developing people-oriented inclusive and sustainable development policies, participants had in-depth discussions over a range of important topics, such as promoting inclusive development, improving the quality of economic growth and facilitating sustainable poverty reduction, and putting forward constructive opinions and suggestions on China’s implementation of the Outline for Development-oriented Poverty Reduction for China's Rural Areas (2011-2020) as well as the realization of the UN Millennium Development Goals.

China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Annual Conference 2012.



        28 July 2012--- The China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference was held in Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. Both Fan Xiaojian, LGOP Minister and Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development and Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania addressed the meeting. China’s ambassador to Tanzania LYU Youqing (lower left), and Sierra Leonean Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Momodu Kargbo (lower right) also delivered their speeches at the opening ceremony. Headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian, a 34-member delegation selected from six ministries and commissions including the State Council Research Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce and three research institutions all attended the conference.



        The meeting, organized on the theme: “Agricultural Modernization and Poverty Reduction”, was co-hosted by IPRCC and the Tanzania President’s Office Planning Commission, with the purpose of China and Africa sharing their experiences in agricultural development, and finding approaches to promoting poverty reduction through agricultural modernization and development cooperation. More than 120 representatives, involving government officials and scholars from China and eight African countries, as well as delegates from businesses, civil society organizations and international organizations (including UNDP, the World Bank, DFID, etc.) attended the meeting.



        The “China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference” was a crucial event initiated by IPRCC and UNDP for promoting exchanges and cooperation between the two sides. The first session, co-hosted by IPRCC, UNDP and the Ethiopian government, was held in Ethiopia’s capital Addia Ababa, while the second was held in Shenzhen China. It has become a crucial platform for sharing development experience between China and Africa.

The sixth China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction Annual Meeting 2012



        26 September 2012--- The “6th China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction” took place in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China. This event was hosted by the LGOP and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, organized by IPRCC, the Poverty Alleviation Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangxi Liuzhou Municipal People’s Government, and supported by ASEAN Secretariat, UNDP, The Chinese Association for International Understanding, China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, ADB, ESCAP, and Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau. Over 100 participants attended the forum, including government officials, experts, scholars, and media staff from China and ASEAN countries, representatives of China foreign invested enterprises, NGOs and international organizations. The forum, themed “China and ASEAN: Inclusive Development and Poverty Reduction”, advocated for the elimination of social exclusion and institutional barriers, and the creation of a more favorable development environment for the poor by promoting equal development opportunities and regional trade; moreover, it suggested that the fruits of economic growth and development be shared more and more with the poorer people in society through better income distribution.





        Fan Xiaojian, LGOP Minister and Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, Wei Chaoan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chen Zhangliang, Vice President of the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Zheng Wenkai, Vice Minister of LGOP, Li Chunguang, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Social Mobilization of LGOP, Chen Gang, Secretary of Liuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Zheng Junkang, Mayor of Liuzhou Municipal People’s Government, Nguyen Minh Tien, special representative of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication, Ye Xingqing, Director General of the Rural Economy Research Department of the State Council Research Office, Christophe Bahuet, UNDP China Country Director, Wu Yuxiong, Director of the Poverty Alleviation Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Jiang Jiabo, Deputy Secretary General of the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, all attended the opening ceremony.



        After the close of the forum, participants visited industry-led poverty alleviation sites, including the Lubi Grade Base, a health clinic and a nursing home in Taiyangcun Town.

Report on the LGOP Delegation’s visit to Mozambique, headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian

        21 July 2012 --- A LGOP delegation led by Fan Xiaojian, LGOP Minister and Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, paid a visit to Mozambique. The delegation was composed of members from LGOP, IPRCC, the State Council Research Office, NDRC, the Ministries of Commerce and Foreign Affairs.

1. Meeting



        During his visit, Fan met with Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali, and other high level officials including the Minister of Development and Planning, Aiuba Cuereneia and the Minister of Women and Social Action, Iolanda Cintura. He also attended the inauguration ceremony of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center”; as well as the “Seminar on China-Mozambique Poverty Reduction Policy”.

2. Inauguration ceremony of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center”



        23 July 2012--- The inauguration ceremony of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center” was held during a grandiose ceremony which took place at the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Approximately 80 people attended the inauguration ceremony, including a delegation led by LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian, representatives of China Kingho Group, as well as officials from Mozambique’s Ministry of Planning and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Mozambican First Lady’s Office. The inauguration ceremony marked the official start of the exchanges and cooperation in the field of poverty reduction between the two countries. Just as the head of the Chinese delegation and LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian pointed out, it was indeed “a major event and a significant milestone in China-Mozambique relations since the founding of The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center” which symbolizes the official setting up of a platform for China-Mozambique exchanges and cooperation on poverty reduction”.

3. “Seminar on China-Mozambique Poverty Reduction Policy”



        The “Seminar on China-Mozambique Poverty Reduction Policy”, co-sponsored by IPRCC and the Ministry of Planning and Development of Mozambique and supported by The China Kingho Group, was held in Maputo. The seminar was chaired by IPRCC Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei. LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, and Mozambican  Minister of Development and Planning, Aiuba Cuereneia addressed the opening ceremony. Experts from China and Mozambique explained their respective national policies on poverty reduction and rural development, and relevant issues were discussed by representatives. This seminar marked the first activity after the establishment of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center”. Participants came to a consensus that both China and Mozambique were still faced with severe challenges on their road to development and revitalization; that the Chinese government was willing to share its experience with the government and people of Mozambique and to work with its counterpart to address those challenges and to seek common development. The success of the seminar provided an opportunity and platform for advancing the exchanges and cooperation on poverty reduction between the two countries in the future.



        On 24 July 2012,, LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian led the delegation to visit “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center” and took photos with the staff of The China Kingho Group’s Mozambican  Branch.

Report on LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian’s visit to The China-Tanzania Village-level Learning Center for Poverty Reduction



1. LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian Attends the Inauguration Ceremony of “China-Tanzania Village-level Learning Center for Poverty Reduction”
        26 July 2012--- An LGOP delegation headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian visited the Community Development Demonstration Learning Project in Peiyapeiya Village, Ludaiwa Township, Kilosa County, Morogoro Province of Tanzania and attended the inauguration ceremony of “The China-Tanzania Village-level Learning Center for Poverty Reduction”. LYU Youqing, China’s ambassador to Tanzania, Philip Mpango, General Secretary of the Planning Committee of Tanzanian President’s Office and Joel Bendera, Commissioner of Morogoro Province also accompanied the delegation and jointly cut the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony. About 300 people participated in the event, including Peiyapeiya villagers, local government officials and senators. Ambassador LYU Youqing, Mr. Joel Bendera and Dr. Philip Mpango successively addressed the ceremony, expressing their gratitude to IPRCC for supporting the local community. They also hoped to make subsequent arrangements for the follow-up activities to make it a model for rural development and a testament to China’s friendship with Tanzania.

2. Concept and objectives of the Learning Center for Poverty Reduction
        Peiyapeiya Village Learning Center for Poverty Reduction is one of the most important activities conducted by IPRCC for promoting China-Tanzania poverty reduction exchanges and cooperation and it is also the first village-level demonstration program established in Africa. It has a range of objectives including solving the prominent issues in agricultural production through field demonstration and strengthening the learning and management abilities of village-level organizations and villagers in general, and increasing agricultural productivity and farmers’ income to reduce poverty by conducting diversified small-scale  demonstration activities. The demonstration program includes capacity building, technical training, agricultural demonstration, small-scale processing and mini irrigation as well as village infrastructure construction. The program was launched in April 2011. Until now, a learning center and public drinking water and healthcare facilities have been set up, village roads have been refurbished, and corn planting demonstration and multiple villager trainings have been conducted. In 2012, the corn yield of model households involved in corn planting demonstration was twice as many as the local average.



        The delegation visited the newly completed learning center and public drinking water facilities, and learned about program implementation by model households. The delegates also visited a sisal farm, its affiliated hospital and staff club owned by the Tanzanian Branch of China-Africa Agricultural Investment Co., Ltd.



Report on the Rio+20 side meeting held on the sidelines of the UN Conference on “International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction in the Context of the MDGs”



        18 June 2012 --- Prior to the opening of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, LGOP, Brazil’s Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS), UNDP and GIZ(GIZ may refer to: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, the German Society for International Cooperation)  jointly held a Rio+20 side meeting on the elimination of poverty in Rio, Brazil. More than 200 delegates from China, Brazil, UNDP and GIZ took part in the meeting. The overall theme of the meeting was “International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction in the Context of the MDGs”. It was divided into three discussion topics, namely: “Overview of China and Brazil’s poverty reduction strategies”,  “International Exchanges and Cooperation on Poverty Reduction”, and “Escaping the Strange Cycle of Poverty, Disasters and Environmental Degradation – Major Findings of the China-Germany Technical Cooperation Projects for Post-Disaster Economic Restoration”.



        Du Ying, Chairman of the Chinese Preparatory Committee of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development and Vice Chair of the National Development and Reform Commission, together with Tiago, Brazilian Secretary of State for poverty reduction affairs, attended the first session and delivered their opening speeches. Vice Minister Zheng Wenkai of LGOP chaired the event.



        The Chinese and Brazilian representatives explained their own countries’poverty reduction strategies and signed the “Action Plan for Cooperation between LGOP and MDS on Overcoming Extreme Poverty (2012-2014)”.



        The session, themed, “Escaping the Strange Cycle of Poverty, Disasters and Environmental Degradation”, was chaired by Mr. Thomas, GIZ China Representative Office Project Manager. LGOP Vice Minister Zheng Wenkai and GIZ Executive Director Christopher Bell made the opening remarks. Huang Chengwei, IPRCC Deputy Director General, and Mr. Graham Meadows, former Director General of Regional Policy of the European Commission respectively, delivered their keynote speeches..

Address to IPRCC’s 7th Celebrity Forum by UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo,following his appointment as IPRCC Senior Adviser

        On17 October 2012, LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo at the “Global Poverty Reduction and Deelopment Forum Annual Meeting 2012” and awarded him a letter of appointment as IPRCC Senior Advisor. Two days later, Wu was invited to address the 7th Celebrity Forum organized by IPRCC, and gave a keynote speech titled “Current Trend of Development, Post 2015 Development Agenda and UN’s Role”. IPRCC Deputy Director General He Xiaojun presided over this this event which was attended by nearly a 100 delegates from Beijing-based ministries and commissions, research institutions, related international organizations and foreign embassies in China.



R&D of Spatial Information System for Poverty Alleviation Project Launch



        A National Key Technology R&D Program known as “Key Technologies for Poverty Alleviation Spatial Information System and Their Applications” designed by the LGOP, was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2012. The program focuses on “R&D of Spatial Information System for National Poverty Alleviation”.

        Chaired by LGOP Vice Minister Zheng Wenkai, the program kick-off meeting was held on 10 October 2012 in Beijing. The joint-study program is being carried out by five institutions, namely, IPRCC, Capital Normal University, The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of China Academy of Sciences (CAS), The Planning & Design Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and The Sino-Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection. , A total of 19.17 million yuan has been earmarked as a national sci-tech support fund for the project.

“The China-Africa Experience-Sharing on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Financing and Inclusive Growth”Conference 2012



        On 5 November 2012--- The “China-Africa Experience-Sharing Program on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Financing and Inclusive Growth”, sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, LGOP and the World Bank, and organized by IPRCC in joint collaboration with UNDP and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, was held in Beijing. About 80 people were invited to attend the conference, including senior government officials from Burundi, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Nigeria and Malaysia, senior representatives of international organizations such as the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, UNDP, and others from domestic ministries and commissions, financial and scientific institutions.



        Zheng Xiaosong, Assistant Minister of Finance, Zheng Wenkai, Vice Minister of LGOP, Luo Hong, Deputy Secretary of Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), Wu Zhuojin,  World Bank's Chief Economist for China, Mongolia and Korea in the East Asia and Pacific Region, and Steven Sabey, UNDP China Assistant Country Director, addressed the opening ceremony. During this program, participants went on a field trip to Anhui Province to learn about the status quo of MSME financing and development.



Delegates from various countries attended an investigative research workshop at the Anhui Commercial Bank and visited some of its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) clients.

Delegates visited Anhui Feixi Rural Commercial Bank Zipengshan Branch and interviewed loan business customers.

        Since 2008, the China-Africa Experience-Sharing Program has been held for four consecutive sessions, and gained fruitful achievements. It has served as a critical platform for enhancing the mutual exchanges and discussions on development issues between China and Africa and promoting the South-South knowledge cooperation.

Business Expansion

•Research
•Training
•Cooperation
•Information
•Exchange

Research: Writing a new chapter in poverty reduction studies and applied research

        IPRCC consolidated its progress in various research projects (e.g., summarization of poverty reduction experience, analysis of poverty reduction strategies, comparison of poverty reduction modes), continuously summed up China’s development and poverty reduction strategies, modes, results and experience of China and other countries, carried out the text summarization of the findings of international poverty reduction theory research and policy analysis, conducted comparative studies on the poverty reduction modes adopted by China and those of other major developing countries and regions. The main research projects recently conducted include: R&D of Spatial Information System for National Poverty Alleviation; poverty related problems facing special groups (such as the elderly and children) and the urbanization process; growth quality and inclusive growth, green growth and poverty reduction; overview of poverty reduction in various countries of the world, international development aid and development cooperation. In 2012, IPRCC edited and printed 18 issues of Brief on International Poverty Reduction Studies, 12 issues of Research Report, and 12 issues of Working Paper (English version); published 9 Chinese and English books including Economic Transformation and Poverty Reduction: How It Happened in China, Helping it Happen in Africa (policy report and summing-up report, two volumes), Discovery Report: Emerging Issues and Findings for Child Welfare and Protection in China (2012), Theory and Frontier Issues in International Poverty Reduction, The Quality of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China, International Study on the Development of Micro-finance, The Measurement of Poverty: Theories and Methods, Research on Public Policies for Pro-poor Growth (in both Chinese and English); and published 13 academic papers in world renown publications such as International Studies, Economic Review, Problems of Agricultural Economy and other core periodicals, in addition to People’s Daily newspaper.

IPRCC Research Projects in 2012

1. Summarization of poverty reduction experience
• Comparative Study on Agricultural Public Policies and Rural Poverty between China and Africa
• Study on the Operation Mechanism of Subsidized Loans for Poverty Alleviation in China
• Study on Poverty Alleviation and Development Strategy of Hechi City in its New Phase

2. Poverty reduction and development cooperation
• Comparative Study on Poverty Reduction in BRICS Countries
• Study on Development Aid Quality Improvement
• International Poverty Alleviation Exchanges in the New Period
• Social Inclusion Flagship Report - The Case of China
• China-Africa Poverty Reduction Cooperation - The Case of Tanzania

3. Frontiers in poverty studies
• Study on the problem of elderly poverty in China
• Study on the problem of Poverty among Special Populations – Child Multidimensional Poverty
• Study on the Eco-compensation Mechanism for Poor Areas
• Study on Green Growth and Poverty Reduction
• Experience and Challenges of Poverty Alleviation in Ecologically Fragile and Extremely Poor Areas Inhabited by Ethnic Minorities
• Study on the problem of Ethnic minority poverty



26 November 2012 --- IPRCC Director General Zuo Changsheng was invited to attend the International Seminar on “Aid, Emerging Economics and Global Policies” and made a keynote speech titled “How Can International Development Cooperation Better Promote Poverty Reduction and Growth: China’s Experience”, during the session on “Aid and International Policies”. The seminar was co-sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Graduate Institute of Geneva.

3 February 2012 --- IPRCC and the World Bank’s Social Development Department jointly organized the “Social Inclusion” workshop.



17 May 2012 --- James Putzel, Professor at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics, UK, was invited to attend the 9th Seminar Series on “Frontiers in Development Studies” and delivered a keynote speech titled “Reflections on China’s Growing Role in International Development”.

3 June 2012 --- China Philanthropy Research Institute and IPRCC jointly issued the Discovery Report: Emerging Issues and Findings for Child Welfare and Protection in China (2012). Dr. Wang Xiaolin, Head of the Research Division of IPRCC gave a brief introduction to the book.



The study on village-level poverty reduction demonstration in Tanzania.

The study on poverty reduction and development in Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Training: Sharing experience in poverty reduction and making common progress through training and learning

        In order to build the capacity of the developing countries and regions for self development, and based on the global poverty reduction needs, IPRCC provided further international poverty reduction training to share China’s successful experience in poverty reduction with other developing countries. The training covered multiple areas, including the theories, policy measures, research methodologies and practical skills in relation to poverty reduction and development. By the end of 2012, IPRCC had hosted 54 sessions of international poverty reduction seminars targeted to developing countries, which were attended by 1,305 officials and development practitioners from 96 countries in total; IPRCC also developed a series of international poverty reduction training materials, and strengthened the construction of international poverty reduction training bases in Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei, Guangxi, Shanxi and Jiangxi provinces; increased its efforts in the area of mid- and long-term training, including offering diploma in education in collaboration with universities, participating in the formulation and execution of foreign student training and education plans and curriculum design of various partner universities, and making arrangements for foreign students to fully take part in IPRCC seminars.



16 October 2012 --- The 2012 Seminar on International Development Theories and Practices for Senior Officials from Provincial Poverty Reduction Agencies in China, organized by IPRCC and supported by UNDP and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, was held in Beijing.



13 – 27 April 2012 --- Participants in the “Seminar on MDGs and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Developing Countries” visited the industrial development project in Dazhangshan Township, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province.

17 – 29 September 2012 --- The Seminar on “Capacity Building in Poverty Reduction”, sponsored by IPRCC, organized by the Korea-China Cultural Association (KCCA) and Sangmyung University, and supported by UNDP and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, took place at the Sangmyung University in Seoul, South Korea.



3 - 12 May 2012  --- Participants in the “Seminar on Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation and Practice for Officials from Francophone Africa” visited the industrial development project in Raozupu Village, Dingjiaying Town, Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province.

5 – 19 June 2012 --- Participants in the “Seminar on Integrated Rural and Urban Development and Poverty Reduction for Asian Countries” visited coordinated urban and rural development projects in Sansheng Township, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.



9 -10 July 2012 --- Participants in the “4th China-International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) South-South Cooperation Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Reduction” visited Fengrunze Modern Agriculture Demonstration Zone in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province.

8 August 2012 --- Participants in the “Seminar on Rural Water Development and Poverty Reduction for Tanzanian Governmental Officials” investigated the water saving irrigation project in Yandengbao Village, Guojiaba Town, Zigui County, Hubei Province.

“I highly appreciate this opportunity the organizers offered me
to participate in this event. I believe it is an important meeting. Through this workshop, we can draw upon China’s achievements in eradicating poverty and reaching the MDGs to further promote the development of my own country. Congratulations to IPRCC for the results it has achieved in advancing poverty reduction exchanges and training. We had a deep feeling of that during the workshop.”

- Mr. Amadou Deme, Policy Implementation and Coordination Office, Republic of Senegal

“China stands as a role model for other developing countries in terms of national development and is worth every bit of attention from the developing world. IPRCC should continue to hold such training activities and strengthen cooperation with African countries. Also, I suggest that the workshop provide more visit and discussion opportunities so that the trainees could learn more. Thank you very much.”

- Mr. Leopold Idopolaitema Kopengala, Ministry of National Economy, Congo

“IPRCC has engaged all sides by organizing various workshops. This workshop has enriched my understanding of Chinese culture. China is a fascinating country with highly hospitable people. It is worth for us to explore China by travelling all the way from coast to coast. The workshop is very well organized and presented. I would like to extend, on behalf of my country, our heartfelt thanks to IPRCC.”

- Ms. Aminata Oumar Toure, Ministry of Finance, Mali

Exchange:  Maintaining close communication for achieving international poverty reduction cooperation

        Based on close cooperation with our BoT members, IPRCC actively interacted with international poverty reduction organizations, with the cooperation network being increasingly larger, work relations growingly closer and new partnerships constantly expanded. IPRCC successfully held the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum,, China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference. By the end of 2012, IPRCC had received 14 foreign visiting delegations and sent 20 delegations to 13 countries. Thanks to those exchanges and seminars, IPRCC has expanded its influence in the developing world.



A group photo taken by the delegation headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian which visited Mozambique and attended the 3rd China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference. President Jakaya Kikwete met with the delegation during the visit.



13 December 2012 --- Robert Wihtol, Director General of ADB’s East Asia Department and Jorn Brommelhorster, Head of Regional Knowledge Sharing Center, ADB visited IPRCC and talked with Director General Zuo Changsheng.



9 January 2012 --- Sponsored by IPRCC and UNDP, organized by China Center for Special Economic Zone Research of Shenzhen University, and supported by Shenzhen Counterpart Support Office, “China-Africa Seminar on Poverty Reduction and Development” was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

13 September 2012 --- Ms. He Xiaojun, Deputy Director General of IPRCC, attended the “PRC-ADB Knowledge Sharing Platform: High-Level Forum on South-South Knowledge Cooperation” opened at the headquarters of ADB, and gave a speech titled “International Poverty Reduction Center in China - A Platform of South-South Knowledge Cooperation”.



25 October 2012 --- Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Friis Arne Petersen, Denmark’s Ambassador to China, and Mr. Henrik Bramsen Hahn, Head of Global Development and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark visited IPRCC.

Cooperation: Working together to promote poverty reduction and eliminate poverty from the world

        On the basis of conducting research, organizing training and promoting exchanges, IPRCC has been actively expanding its cooperative relations with African, Latin American and Asian countries. It has signed cooperation agreements with relevant government departments of Tanzania, Colombia and Mozambique, and signed strategic cooperation agreements with the China Kingho Group and China-Africa Agricultural Investment Co., Ltd. IPRCC also established a village-level poverty reduction learning center in Peiyapeiya Village, Morogoro Province of Tanzania, and established a “four-in-one” mode of poverty reduction  cooperation covering policy consultation, joint studies, capacity building, and pilot demonstration.



30 October 2012 --- LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian met with a Tanzanian delegation led by Mr. Ombeni Y. Sefue, Chief Secretary of the State House, President’s Office of Tanzania.



3 -7 December 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director General He Xiaojun led a delegation to visit Laos at the invitation of its National Leading Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication.

30 November 2012 to 1 December 2012 --- A Seminar on Policy Responses to Natural and Man-made Disasters was held by GIZ in Bangkok. IPRCC Deputy Director General He Xiaojun led a delegation to attend the conference.



30 October 2012 - to 8 November 2012  --- A Tanzanian delegation of senior officials led by Mr. Ombeni Y. Sefue, Chief Secretary of the State House, President’s Office of Tanzania paid a visit to China.

17 September 2012 --- Mr. Gonzalo Vivas Gonzalez, Venezuelan Minister-Counselor to China visited IPRCC.



13 January 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director General He Xiaojun met with a visiting delegation led by Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi A. Sdesina.

5 January 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director Generals Huang Chengwei and He Xiaojun met with a visiting delegation led by Zhao Yuqin, General Manager of China-Africa Agricultural Investment Co., Ltd.

Information: Sharing Information Resources and Building a Knowledge-sharing platform
        With the ardent support of various related parties, IPRCC has continuously enhanced its information service capacity, improved its website, its poverty reduction database, its online service and its other information platforms, and constantly strengthened its long distance training capability. A network platform for international poverty reduction information exchange and sharing has been preliminarily established. Under the wide attention and support given by various social circles, IPRCC has also improved its external publicity and exchange work, and strengthened the collection of China’s experience in poverty reduction.

1. Editing and publishing the Yearbook of China’s Poverty Alleviation and Development 2012



        IPRCC edited and published the Yearbook of China’s Poverty Reduction and Development (2012) which includes 246 paper contributions, 53 pictures and 1.06 million words altogether. As a large and comprehensive yearbook managed by LGOP, the Yearbook of China’s Poverty Reduction and Development is a historical document reflecting the status quo of the poverty reduction cause, and an important platform which annually publishes the legislation and key documents related to poverty alleviation and development of the Party and State, chronicling the status quo of development as well as releasing authoritative information in this regard. In order to share China’s experience in poverty reduction with a world wide network of organisations and personnel engaged in or caring about poverty reduction, IPRCC also arranged for the yearbook to be translated and published in the English language version.



        From the 23rd to 25th of May 2012, the review meeting of the “Yearbook of China’s Poverty Alleviation and Development (2012)” was held in Xi’an, with the participation of nearly 100 representatives from various ministries and commissions, subsidiary bodies of LGOP, poverty alleviation offices of various provinces, cooperation offices of the relevant provinces and cities, and the related enterprises. After the event, the delegates visited the Xiangyu Village of Chang’an District, the site conducting programs for village-based development and relocation-based poverty reduction to learn about local best practice.


2.  Constantly improving the online services (website, new media, such as blogs and social media such as weibo…)



        In order to help visitors keep better track of the latest trends in poverty reduction, IPRCC’s newly added weibo column on its homepage since 2012, enables people to leave messages, exchange information and views concerning poverty reduction. It also facilitates interaction between internal and external staff. The website can now also be used as a mobile ultimate access platform, which people can visit using their iPhones to keep up to date with the latest information about poverty reduction anywhere, and any time.

3.  Advancing the building up of a database on poverty reduction
        The poverty reduction database was continuously improved in 2012. IPRCC input 2,500 Chinese and English documents, including poverty reduction-related papers written by eight experts, namely, Li Xiaoyun, Li Anshan, Tang Jun, Li Zhou, He Wenping, Ren Jinzhen, Wang Libin, and Zhou Li as well as relevant articles selected by the Compilation of China’s Poverty Study Materials, as well as English documents published by the World Bank, UNDP, WFP and other international organizations. IPRCC also input 1,740 pictures of major events, including the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Annual Forum,  the China-ASEAN Annual Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction, the China-Africa Conference on Poverty Reduction and Development, the China-African Minister-level Workshop and Celebrity Forum. These documents and photos helped internal and external staff to easily access online data and established a knowledge-sharing network.

4. China and Foreign Poverty Reduction Briefing
        China and Foreign Poverty Reduction Briefing aims to provide a reference for the poverty reduction industry. The Briefing was edited by someone responsible for collecting domestic and international poverty reduction information. It was published each week in both English and Chinese versions and distributed to the member organizations of LGOP, BoT members, relevant partners, poverty reduction offices of various provinces and other partners outside Beijing. A great many institutions gave sufficient credit to its reference value. In 2012, 50 Chinese issues of and 48 English issues of China and Foreign Poverty Reduction Briefing were edited and published.

5. Multimedia Demonstration System
        The multimedia demonstration system includes 9 modules: About Us, Important Documents, Video, Publications, Events in Focus, Latest Developments, IPRCC Website, Partner Evaluation and Pictures. Nine modules have therefore been constructed so far. The Pictures module input 1,740 pictures mainly taken from major poverty reduction events in 2012.

Institutional Development

        IPRCC is equipped with 8 functional departments, i.e. General Affairs Division, Research Division, Training Division, Exchange Division, Cooperation Division, Information and Communication Division, Finance Division and Administration Division. As a growing international institution, IPRCC has constantly set up new ideas for development, improved its operational skills and strengthened team building. It also launched public recruitment campaigns for talents, recruited volunteers from international institutions, and asked partners to send technical staff. The multi-channel strategy of attracting new talents has enabled IPRCC to establish a younger, knowledgeable and professional team.

IPRCC Teams



General Affairs Division, Research Division, Training Division
Assistant Director General, Deputy Director General, Director General, Deputy Director General

Exchange Division, Cooperation Division, Information and Communication Division

 Finance Division and Administration Division



19 April 2012 --- IPRCC held an exchange meeting on the Multiple Household Survey.

4 - 5 May 2012 --- IPRCC held commemorative activities for the May Fourth Youth Day, including a vivid reading seminar and team games.



19 April 2012 --- The Labor Union of IPRCC organized a spring walk-a-thon (about five kilometers). Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei, Assistant Director General and Labor Union President Wang Shu and other 20-odd IPRCC staff attended the event.

1 June 2012 --- Mr. Inusah Shirazu, a program officer from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development of Ghana was invited to give a lecture on Ghana’s rural poverty reduction strategy and social and economic development.



29 June 2012 --- IPRCC organized a seminar for its staff and 10 sponsored overseas students from Tsinghua University, China Agricultural University and Beijing Normal University.

26 October 2012 --- Mr. Mohammad Fazlul Kade, Deputy Director of BRAC delivered a lecture on Bangladesh’s rural development and poverty reduction strategy and policy, as well as social and economic development to IPRCC staff.



24 October 2012 --- Mr. Paul Mwakalukwa, an officer of the President’s Office Planning Commission of Tanzania delivered a lecture to IPRCC staff, introducing the structure of the President’s Office, the framework of government poverty reduction institutions, the evolution of poverty reduction strategy and policy,   measures, experience and lessons.

26 – 28 October 2012 --- IPRCC held a summing-up meeting to review the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum and also conducted capacity-building activities.

Milestones
        9 January 2012 --- The 2nd China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Seminar, jointly hosted by IPRCC and UNDP, organized by China Center for Special Economic Zone Research of Shenzhen University, and supported by Shenzhen Counterpart Support Office, was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

        3 February 2012 --- IPRCC and the World Bank’s Social Development Department jointly organized the “Social Inclusion” workshop.

        8 February 2012 --- IPRCC, OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), Department for International Development (DFID) and London School of Economics (LSE) co-hosted a workshop on “Economic Transformation and Poverty Reduction: How it happen in China, helping it happen in Africa”.

        22 - 28 February 2012 --- IPRCC dispatched a investigating group to Hechi for the “Study on the Poverty Alleviation and Development Strategy of Hechi City in its  New Phase”.

        1 March 2012 --- The Yearbook of China’s Poverty Alleviation and Development (2011) work review and 2012 work arrangement meeting was held in Beijing.

        8 March 2012 --- Mr. Khalid Malik, Director of UNDP Human Development Report Office visited IPRCC.

        8 March 2012 --- IPRCC held the 8th Seminar Series on “Frontiers in Development Studies”. Mr. Carl J. Dahlman, Associate Professor of International Relations at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled “The World under Pressure: How China and India Are Influencing the Global Economy and Environment”.

        5 April 2012 --- A symposium to review the Multiple Household Survey was chaired by IPRCC Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei. 16 IPRCC staff who participated in the survey gave presentations and offered reflections on their experiences.
        27 March 2012 to 3 April 2012--- IPRCC Cooperation Division sent a working group to Morogoro, Tanzania to inspect the progress of the China-Tanzania Demonstration Learning Center for Poverty Reduction, visited the community center of Peiyapeiya Village which was still under construction, and examined the health of corn planted by the demonstration project households.

        6-26 April 2012 --- The “Seminar on the Development of Nepal Rural Areas”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, was convened in Beijing.

        13 – 17 April 2012 --- The “Seminar on MDGs and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Developing Countries”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, was convened in Beijing.

        3 – 17 May 2012 --- The “Seminar on Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation and Practice for Officials from Francophone Africa”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, was held in Beijing.

        15 – 29 May 2012 --- The “Seminar on Rural Development and Poverty Reduction for Developing Countries”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, was convened in Beijing.

        17 May 2012 --- IPRCC held the 9th (2nd in 2012) Seminar Series on “Frontiers in Development Studies”. James Putzel, Professor of Development Studies at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics, UK, was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled “Reflections on China’s Growing Role in International Development”.

        25 May 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei led a delegation to visit the Tanzania President’s Office Planning Commission, and had a talk with its Deputy Secretary General Mr. Maduka P. Kessy.

        6 – 27 May 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei led a working group to Peiyapeiya Village in Morogoro, Tanzania to visit the Community Development Demonstration Learning Project implemented by IPRCC.

        A National Social Science Fund project named “Study on the problem of elderly poverty in China” applied for by IPRCC researcher Xu Liping was approved by the National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science.

        3 June 2012 --- China Philanthropy Research Institute and IPRCC jointly issued the Discovery Report: Emerging Issues and Findings for Child Welfare and Protection in China (2012).

        5 – 19 June 2012 --- The “Seminar on Integrated Rural and Urban Development and Poverty Reduction for Asian Countries”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, took place in Beijing.

        6 June 2012 --- The Second Working Meeting (in 2012) of China-DAC Study Group took place in Beijing.

        7 – 21 June 201 --- Participants in the “Seminar Rural Public Service Policies and Integrated Poverty Alleviation for Officials from Francophone Africa”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C and organized by IPRCC, took place in Beijing.

        11 June 2012 --- The Workshop on “Post-Millennium Development Goals”, co-organized by IPRCC, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Korea Development Institute (KDI), was held in Beijing.

        18 June 2012 --- LGOP, in cooperation with the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS), UNDP and GIZ, held a Rio+20 side event on the elimination of poverty in Rio, Brazil held on the sidelines of the UN Conference on “International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction in the Context of the MDGs”. Huang Chengwei, Deputy Director General of IPRCC was invited to give speeches at the Rio+20 side events on “International Poverty Reduction Exchange and Cooperation” and “Escape the Strange Cycle of Poverty, Disasters and Environmental Degradation”.

        1 – 6 July 2012 --- An IPRCC Working Group established to carry out the “Study on the Eco-compensation Mechanism for Poor Areas – A Case Study of Wuling Mountain”, kick- started their field research in Jianshi County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province.

        2 – 8 July 2012 --- A working group composed of relevant staff of IPRCC and the College of Social Science of Central China Normal University carried out a seven-day field research on “Wuling Mountain Area Regional Development and Poverty Reduction Work” in Jianshi County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province.

        3 – 6 July 2012 --- IPRCC sent staff from its Information Division to attend the Annual Meeting of GDLN AP held in Shanghai.

        8 – 10 July2012 --- Professor Sabina Alkire, a leading expert on multidimensional poverty measurement at Harvard University and a group of IPRCC Researchers went on a fact-finding research trip to Liulin, a poor county in Shanxi Province.

        5 – 11 July 2012 --- The “China-IFAD(acronym for International Fund for Agricultural Development) South-South Cooperation Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Reduction” was held in Beijing Conference Center.

        28 July 2012 --- The 3rd China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference was opened in Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, and Fan Xiaojian, LGOP Minister and Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development addressed the opening ceremony.

        21 – 25 June 2012 --- A Chinese delegation led by Fan Xiaojian, LGOP Minister and Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, paid an official visit to the Republic of Mozambique. During his visit, Fan met with Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali, and other high level officials including Minister of Development and Planning Mr. Aiuba Cuereneia and Minister of Women and Social Action Iolanda Cintura. He also attended the inauguration ceremony of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center” and the “Seminar on China-Mozambique Poverty Reduction Policy”.

        23 June 2012 --- Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali met with a delegation headed by Fan Xiaojian, concurrently Deputy Head of the State Council Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development and Minister of the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.

        23 July 2012 --- The inauguration ceremony of “The China-Mozambique Kingho Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center” was held at the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.

        26 July 2012 --- An LGOP delegation headed by Minister Fan Xiaojian visited the Community Development Demonstration Learning Project implemented by IPRCC in Peiyapeiya Village of Tanzania, and attended the inauguration ceremony of “The China-Tanzania Village-level Learning Center for Poverty Reduction”.

        3 August 2012 --- The Workshop on “Social Poverty Reduction & Baoshang Bank Targeted Poverty Reduction” co-organized by IPRCC and Baoshang Bank took place in Beijing.

        8 – 18 August 2012 --- The “Seminar on Rural Water Development and Poverty Reduction for Tanzanian Governmental Officials”, sponsored by IPRCC and organized by the Poverty Alleviation and Development Office of Hubei Province was convened in Beijing.

        17 August 2012 --- The Seminar on Industry-led Poverty Reduction in the Stony Desertification Area in Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou (Guangxi Sub-area), hosted by IPRCC and Guangxi Poverty Alleviation and Development Office, organized by Hechi City Party Committee and Government, in joint collaboration with Fengshan County Party Committee and Government, was opened in Fengshan County, Hechi City of Guangxi.

13 September 2012 --- Ms. He Xiaojun, Deputy Director General of IPRCC, attended the “PRC-ADB Knowledge Sharing Platform: High-Level Forum on South-South Knowledge Cooperation” opened at the headquarters of ADB, and gave a speech titled “International Poverty Reduction Center in China - A Platform of South-South Knowledge Cooperation”.

        17 – 29 September 2012 --- The “Seminar on Capacity Building in Poverty Reduction” took place at the Sangmyung University in Seoul, South Korea.

        20 – 27 September 2012 --- The “Seminar on Theory and Practice of International Development (Poverty Reduction) for Asian Countries 2012”, organized by IPRCC in joint collaboration with the Gansu Provincial Poverty Alleviation and Development Office, was hosted in Beijing.

        26 September 2012 --- The “6th China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction” took place in Liuzhou, Guangxi. This event was hosted by LGOP and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, organized by IPRCC, the Poverty Alleviation Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangxi Liuzhou Municipal People’s Government, and supported by ASEAN Secretariat, UNDP, the Chinese Association for International Understanding, China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, ADB, ESCAP, and Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau.

        10 October 2012 --- In cooperation with relevant scientific institutes, IPRCC organized a gathering of experts on resources and environment, satellite remote sensing and disaster risk management know-how to be applied for the setting up of a National Key Technology R&D Program, known as “Key Technologies of Poverty Alleviation Spatial Information System and Their Applications”; and which gained the Ministry of Science and Technology’s approval.

        16 October 2012 --- The 2012 Seminar on International Development Theories and Practices for Senior Officials of Provincial Poverty Reduction Agencies of China, hosted by IPRCC, and supported by UNDP and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, was held in Beijing.

        17 October 2012 --- The 6th “Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum – Inclusive Development and Poverty Reduction” was hosted by LGOP and the UN System in China, and organized by IPRCC and UNDP China in Beijing. Hui Liangyu, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development addressed the opening ceremony on behalf of the Chinese government.

        17 October 2012 --- During the “Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum”, LGOP Minister Fan Xiaojian met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Ambassador Wu Hongbo, who was appointed as a senior adviser of IPRCC.

        19 October 2012 --- Authorised by the top leadership, Wang Xiaolin, Director of IPRCC’s Research Division met with a visiting five-member delegation headed by Ms. Ana Maldonado, Deputy Minister of People’s Power for Communes and Social Protection of the Bolivarian Republic.

        19 October 2012 --- The 7th IPRCC Celebrity Forum was held in Beijing.

        25 October 2012 --- A six-member delegation headed by Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Friis Arne Petersen,  Denmark’s Ambassador to China, Mr. Henrik Bramsen Hahn, Head of Global Development and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark visited IPRCC.

        31October 2012 to 14 November 2012 --- The “Seminar on Formulation and Implementation of Strategic Planning on Rural Development and Poverty Reduction for Developing Countries”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China and organized by IPRCC, was held in Beijing.

        5 – 12 November 2012 --- The “China-Africa Experience-Sharing Program on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Financing and Inclusive Growth”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, LGOP and the World Bank, organized by IPRCC in joint collaboration with UNDP and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, was held in Beijing.

        30 October 2012 to 8 November 2012 --- A Tanzanian delegation of senior officials led by Mr. Ombeni Y. Sefue, Chief Secretary of the State House, President’s Office of Tanzania, paid a visit to China at the invitation of IPRCC.

        8 November 2012 --- Zuo Changsheng assumed the post of Director General of IPRCC.

        15 – 29 November 2012 --- The “Seminar on Realization of the UN MDGs for Officials from Francophone Africa”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China and organized by IPRCC, was held in Beijing.

        20 November 2012 --- IPRCC Director General Zuo Changsheng met with Mr. Hamid L. Sharif, Country Director for ADB’s Resident Mission in China.

        26 November 2012 --- IPRCC Director General Zuo Changsheng was invited to attend the International Seminar on “Aid, Emerging Economics and Global Policies” and gave a keynote speech during the session on  “Aid and International Policies”. The seminar was co-sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Graduate Institute of Geneva.

        23 November 2012 --- IPRCC Director General Zuo Changsheng met with Mr. Bill Bikales, Chief of Social Policy and Reform for Children, UNICEF China, Professor Peter Whiteford at the Australian National University, and Professor Shang Xiaoyuan at Beijing Normal University.

        5 December 2012 --- Director Wang Xiaolin from IPRCC’s Research Division attended the Seminar on the National Consultation Project about the United Nations Post-2015 International Development Agenda.

        3 – 7 December 2012 --- IPRCC Deputy Director General He Xiaojun led a delegation to visit Laos at the invitation of its National Leading Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication.

        12 December 2012 --- IPRCC Assistant Director General Wang Shu met with a delegation headed by Mr. Philip Karp, Advisor of Office of Asia and the Pacific Regional Vice Presidency at the World Bank, Regional Coordinator for Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) East Asia and the Pacific.

        13 December 2012 --- IPRCC Director General Zuo Changsheng met with Robert Wihtol, Director General of ADB’s East Asia Department and Jorn Brommelhorster, Head of Regional Knowledge Sharing Center, ADB.

Financial Report



        Remarkable achievements were made in all kinds of work in 2012. The capital sources were gradually expanded, funds of various descriptions run properly and budgets for projects were strictly implemented as required.

        By the end of 2012, the annual total revenue of IPRCC was 35.9860 million yuan.

         Owing to the fact that resources received by IPRCC come from different sources and through different channels,, the IPRCC revenues fall into four main categories: 

• The revenue from financial budget on personnel, public funds and funds for special projects was 21.9825 million yuan, or 61% of the total.
• The revenue from the UNDP projects (including the coordinating revenue from the Chinese government) was 3.9158 million yuan, or 11% of the total.
• The funds for special projects from the Ministry of Science and Technology were 3.2000 million yuan, or 9% of the total.
• The revenue from other items was 6.8877 million yuan, or 19% of the total.

IPRCC Revenue and Expenditure Diagram of the Fiscal Year 2011-2012



2011, 2012, Notes

Total revenue
• Financial budget on personnel, public funds and funds for special projects
• UNDP projects (including the coordinating funds of the Chinese government)
• The funds for special projects from the  Ministry of Science and Technology
• Revenue from other items

Total expenditure
• Expenditure of financial budget on personnel, public funds and funds for special projects
• Expenditure of UNDP projects
• Expenditure of funds for special projects from the Ministry of Science and Technology
• Expenditure of other items
• Balance of payments

Special funds for the Poverty Reduction Achievements Exhibition granted in 2011
The funds for cross-year special projects