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The largest............. and most ..........successful poverty .........alleviation.............. program in history
....Over the last 30 years....., hundreds of millions of Chinese have been............ lifted above the poverty line. But China’s modern cities and ...................buzzing factory floors belie an uncomfortable truth,..................... that the country’s rapid modernization has largely bypassed........................ the countryside, where more than .......600.............. million people still live—200 million.............................. of them living on less than............... $2 a day.
Secure land tenure is increasingly recognized by the national government of China as a powerful tool to address the fundamental cause of rural poverty. Through a series of recent historic legal and policy changes, guided in part by Landesa’s research and recommendations, the Chinese central government has laid the foundation for rural development. These historic legal changes, if fully implemented, can help smallholder farmers spark and sustain broad-based development in China, fostering a more equitable and stable society. Through its six surveys of farmers in 17 provinces across China, and other field research, Landesa helps Chinese officials and leaders work ensure their progressive laws and policies are further improved and more fully implemented.