In December 2016, China launched the pilot project of East Asia Poverty Reduction Cooperation (EAPRC). It's a key element of China-led cooperation initiative on poverty reduction in East Asia.

China is using its experience of integrated village development and targeted poverty alleviation to aid six pilot villages in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, as part of three-year community-based poverty reduction cooperation with the three countries.

"In future exchanges in the field of international poverty reduction, we'll do more to share and communicate China's experience," said Tan Weiping, deputy director-general of International Poverty Reduction Center in China. He believes that China's experience in poverty reduction should be shared with other countries.

The eradication of poverty is a global concern. Through 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has significantly reduced poverty within its own borders. Could China's strategy of targeted poverty alleviation help people in other regions, as well? The world awaited the answer.

"It's the first time we've worked with the Chinese. We welcome this new experience from China," said Pheak Sothea, former director of Cambodia's Department of Rural Economic Development with Ministry of Rural Development.

"We hope this can become a model for international poverty reduction cooperation," said Chit Thavisay, director-general of Poverty Reduction Fund with Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos.

"It can reduce poverty. It's amazing," said Khant Zaw, Myanmar's director-general of Department of Rural Development under Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.

Facts have proved that in the past three years, China's experience in international poverty reduction has been recognized by the international community.

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