Since China launched reform and opening-up in 1978, 770 million rural Chinese have been lifted out of poverty, and the country has achieved the poverty elimination target set by the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule. However, the world is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Josef Gregory Mahoney, a Professor of Politics at East China Normal University, talks about the meaning of China's economic growth for the world.