Long-Term Poverty Reduction Strategies in China Post-2020

Poverty reduction is an eternal theme in the modernization drive of countries.After 2020,China’s poverty reduction endeavors will face new challenges and shift towards:(i)elevating poverty standards,(ii)placing equal emphasis on rural and urban poverty,(iii)preventing people in the deeply poor regions from slipping back to poverty,(iv)combining external assistance with endogenous development,and(v)enhancing social protection and targeted fiscal support for aiding the poor.Following the new trends of poverty reduction,policymakers should update their strategic approach,adopt new poverty reduction standards,target at a broader group of poor groups,promote pro-poor development,and improve poverty governance.Lastly,this paper puts forward the following policy recommendations for reducing poverty in China post-2020:(i)maintaining policy continuity and stability during the transition period;(ii)creating regular poverty relief mechanisms for urban and rural residents;(iii)improving the targeted identification and dynamic adjustment of target groups for poverty reduction;and(iv)reducing poverty through social protection and development.

Study on the Ecological Degradation of Lashihai Area based on Potential Vegetation

Ecological degradation is a common problem around the world which has a profound impact on the sustainable development of mankind.This paper selects Lashihai basin as the study case,and uses Logistic stepwise regression to simulate the original ecology of the potential vegetation in the area as a reference system for the definition and analysis of the subsequent degree of ecological degradation and its distribution characteristics.The analysis yields four main results.(1)The strong human disturbance areas in the Lashihai region are concentrated in the Lashihai basin,and the main impact factors are roads,residential areas and cultivated lands.(2)Besides lake,there are eight potential vegetation types in Lashihai,among which evergreen coniferous forest is the dominant community,and the other seven planting types of potential vegetation include warm meadow,grass,beach grass,evergreen broad-leaved shrubbery,deciduous broad-leaved shrubbery,warm steppe and alpine grassland.(3)The elevation and average phosphorus content have significant effects on the distribution of potential vegetation,while the different vegetation types have differential sensitivities to environmental factors.(4)On the whole,the degree of ecological degradation in the basin is relatively light,in which the proportion of non-degraded areas accounts for nearly half,the area of mild degradation is about one-fourth,the moderately degraded area is concentrated in areas with strong human disturbance,accounting for only 18.64%,and the severe degradation is rare,occupying an area of only 3.17%.