China’s experience with rural poverty reduction was largely development-led, inducing economic growth in its poorest regions, and building the self-reliance of rural populations through land reform and rural employment generation. The webinar explored what aspects of the Chinese model could offer lessons to other countries. It also introduced the experience of China in South-South Cooperation for poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.  

 Panellists: 

• Tan Weiping, Deputy Director General, International Poverty Reduction Centre in China 
• Kevin Chen, China Programme Leader and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI 

Discussant: Prof. Alain de Janvry, University of California at Berkeley  

Moderator: Ana Paula De la O Campos, FAO