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Huang Xianghuai, director of the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, said "great struggle" has been a key phrase in the governance philosophy of the CPC Central Committee with Xi at the core.

"Taking into account the great practice of the CPC's governance of the country, particularly the Party's efforts in anti-corruption, poverty alleviation, responding to trade frictions with the United States and combating the COVID-19 outbreak, we will have a better understanding of why the CPC highlights the significance of the great struggle in the new era," Huang said.

China's successful efforts to eradicate absolute poverty in rural areas across the country have demonstrated how the CPC's fighting spirit functions in a nationwide campaign to improve people's well-being.

Over the past eight years, 98.99 million impoverished rural residents living below the poverty line have all been lifted out of poverty. Meanwhile, all 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 impoverished villages have been removed from the poverty list.

Since the unveiling of the reform and opening-up policy more than 40 years ago, the country has lifted 770 million rural residents out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 percent of the global impoverished population, according to the World Bank's international poverty line. It has also met the poverty eradication target set in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged the success of China's anti-poverty drive in recent years, calling it "the most important contribution" to the cause of global poverty reduction.

When addressing a grand gathering held in Beijing to mark accomplishments in poverty alleviation and honor models in fighting against poverty, Xi said, "No country has been able to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in such a short time."

The anti-poverty campaign has operated under the unified and centralized leadership of the CPC Central Committee. A total of 255,000 teams were dispatched to offer on-the-ground support and more than 3 million officials were sent from cities and towns to the countryside as special commissioners for poverty relief.

Over recent decades, China has made miraculous achievements in various fields including poverty alleviation, which would not have been possible without the leadership of the CPC, said Saifullah Khan Nyazee, chief organizer of Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf, Pakistan's ruling party.

The world has witnessed China's poverty eradication campaign, he said, adding that as per the commitment of the CPC, the achievement in poverty relief is nothing less than a miracle and an example of true hard work and commitment.

In addition to poverty alleviation efforts, one of the greatest achievements the world can see from the CPC's governance is the effective handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.

When the novel coronavirus outbreak occurred in 2019, the CPC led the Chinese people in making painstaking efforts to contain the virus in a short time and restart economic activities. It has also worked with political parties of other countries to uphold public health security, providing medical supplies and expertise to affected countries to help them fight the virus.

During the fight, the CPC has upheld the belief of "putting people first" and mobilized all resources available to protect lives. Xi acted as commander-in-chief in the fight against the contagion, urging officials to give top priority to health and lives.

Stephen Ndegwa, a communication expert in Nairobi, Kenya, said, "While many countries were still dilly-dallying even after the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a pandemic of global concern, the world was treated to images of the CPC-led government rising to the occasion in a resolute manner and implementing strict measures to contain its spread."

The curbing of the outbreak in its tracks in China was enabled by the strong and disciplined management of public affairs. That ensures everyone plays their role for the greater good and not to fulfill selfish ends at the expense of others, he added.