On the afternoon of October 29, the “Bai Qinxian Eminent Scholars Lecture” (20th Edition) was held at the Puhe Campus of Liaoning University. Professor Wang Sangui, Wu Yuzhang Senior Chair Professor of Renmin University of China and Dean of the China Poverty Alleviation Research Institute at Renmin University of China, attended the event as the keynote speaker. Professor Qiu Huanguang, Vice President of Liaoning University, presented at the lecture and introduced the keynote speaker.
Professor Wang Sangui delivered a lecture titled “Chinese-style Anti-Poverty: The Path of Large-Scale Poverty Reduction with Chinese Characteristics.” Aligned with the important guiding principles of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which emphasized the “continuous consolidation and expansion of the achievements in poverty alleviation,” he analyzed the pivotal role of economic growth, income distribution, regional poverty alleviation and development, as well as targeted poverty alleviation efforts in addressing poverty issues, based on a summary of China’s poverty reduction achievements since the reform and opening-up. Furthermore, he proposed concrete measures to consolidate and expand the outcomes of poverty alleviation. Professor Wang emphasized that consolidating and expanding these achievements requires a developmental support approach for low-income populations, focusing on capacity building, employment prioritization, industrial chain expansion, and establishing effective benefit-linking mechanisms. For underdeveloped regions, targeted assistance should be provided based on their resource endowments and comparative advantages, promoting the development of specialized agricultural industries, the transfer and development of labor-intensive industries that enrich the people, rural tourism, green energy development, as well as ecological compensation and carbon sink industries. Professor Wang’s research is highly practical and forward-looking, making significant contributions to the ongoing efforts to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation and to advance common prosperity.
Following the lecture, the university presented Professor Wang Sangui with a commemorative certificate for the “Bai Qinxian Eminent Scholars Lecture.”
The lecture was attended by over 70 participants, including relevant responsible officials from the School of Economics and faculty and student representatives.
Speaker’s Profile
Wang Sangui is a Wu Yuzhang Senior Chair Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Renmin University of China, where he also serves as Dean of the China Poverty Alleviation Research Institute. He is an expert receiving special government allowances from the State Council and formerly served as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development. Additionally, he acts as a consulting expert for several international development institutions, including the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program. In 2011, he was honored with the title of “National Advanced Individual in Poverty Alleviation and Development.” Professor Wang has led multiple key projects and specialized programs under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as major projects under the National Social Science Fund. He has authored 17 academic books and published over 200 papers in authoritative domestic and international journals such as Management World, Sociological Studies, Chinese Rural Economy, and Journal of Public Economics. His expertise on China’s poverty reduction experience has been frequently featured in mainstream media outlets, including CCTV News Channel, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, and Outlook Weekly. He has also authored more than 70 policy reports, over 20 of which received feedback from central and ministerial-level leaders.
His research achievements have earned him several prestigious awards, including the First Prize and Third Prize of the 8th and 9th Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Awards (Humanities and Social Sciences), the first “Youcheng Poverty Alleviation Research Achievement Award” from the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office, the 13th Sun Yefang Economic Science Award, and the 4th and 9th “China Rural Development Research Awards.”
