Poverty alleviation cannot be just a one-man show by officials; it also requires the broad participation of the people.

Poverty alleviation is not a "one-man show" by poverty alleviation officials; only by performing well the "duet" of those who help and those being helped, and by strengthening the fighting spirit and development aspirations of the poor, can poverty alleviation gather all forces and be invincible.

"A moderate prosperity is not moderate prosperity unless the rural folks say so." Without moderate prosperity for the poor, comprehensive moderate prosperity can hardly be called complete; without the self-reliance of the poor, the battle against poverty will lose its crucial internal driving force.

A year ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at the Central Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Development that escaping poverty and achieving prosperity must ultimately rely on the poor people's own hard work. The poor are not only the targets of poverty alleviation, but also the main actors in escaping poverty and achieving prosperity. Inspiring the poor's drive and determination to change their poor and backward conditions, and improving the self-development capacity of the poor population, is undoubtedly an important part of poverty alleviation and development work, and is also the key to enhancing the sustainability of poverty alleviation results.

Recently, an article in which a county party secretary of a poor county "vented" about grassroots officials suffering grievances in poverty alleviation attracted widespread attention. Some think that as long as the policies are good, they can rely on the policies for support, and when something is slightly unsatisfactory they go to the government to "make a scene"; they are numb toward officials who come to their homes to help, thinking that officials are more anxious than they are, and that if they do not escape poverty, it is hard for officials to account for it; mentalities such as "I am poor, who do I fear" and "I am an ordinary person, who do I fear" have become reasons for some poverty alleviation targets to be "beyond help yet perfectly self-righteous." Although the phenomena listed in the article may be only isolated cases, just as this county party secretary said, these problems make poverty alleviation officials feel "like having a fishbone stuck in the throat, unable to rest until they speak out." At the same time, it also reminds us that for those poor people who have lost confidence and motivation to escape poverty and achieve prosperity, while providing material assistance, we should also promptly fill the lowland of spiritual aspiration.

"If the will is not established, nothing in the world can be accomplished." When General Secretary Xi Jinping was in charge of the eastern Fujian region, he put forward the idea that "a weak bird may hope to fly first, and the poorest may possibly become rich first," inspiring the local officials and people to strive vigorously with combined development strength. No one is born willing to be poor, and everyone has the heart to strive. Some people do not wait for the whip but spur themselves on; others are the opposite, like a cart going uphill, and if you do not add fuel and encourage them, their yearning for a better life cannot be aroused. Poverty alleviation is not a "one-man show" by poverty alleviation officials; only by performing well the "duet" of those who help and those being helped, and by strengthening the fighting spirit and development aspirations of the poor, can poverty alleviation gather all forces and be invincible.

Spiritual poverty is often more terrifying than material poverty. Some poor areas and poor villages have for many years been unable to rise despite support, unable to become rich despite help, and unable to become strong despite assistance, which is related to a certain extent to the lack of the fighting spirit of thinking of change in poverty and diligence in poverty. In some places, people actively "return to poverty" and are happy to be a poor county, unwilling to take off the label of poverty; some poor households are not active in developing agricultural and sideline industries, but are very active in competing to become low-income households. From these, one can find the shadow of "ideological poverty" and "poverty of aspiration." Ideas such as "toiling bitterly is not as good as enduring bitterly" and "waiting for others to deliver moderate prosperity" can all be said to be roadblocks and stumbling stones on the road to poverty alleviation. To help the poor and build aspiration, we must first target these concepts and mentalities with precise drip irrigation and targeted treatment.

"As long as there is confidence, loess can turn into gold." This inspirational saying is familiar to many people and is deeply recognized by the broad officials and people in poor areas. Poverty alleviation and development should not simply focus on pressing officials with responsibilities and setting assessments; it should also encourage officials to take "building aspiration" and "building wisdom" as starting points, and awaken the poor people's awareness of taking the initiative to escape poverty. Good policies cannot be separated from good publicity. Just as the county party secretary who "vented" suggested, poverty alleviation officials should go among the people, hold more courtyard and yard meetings, communicate more with the people heart to heart, move them with emotion and reason with them, "let the parents who provide food and clothing feel some sympathy, and then be unwilling to find you to make unreasonable trouble." Good habits also need good role models. Farming households that escape poverty and achieve prosperity through hard work can play a very good demonstrative and leading role. Only by forming the orientation of "seeing the worthy and thinking of equaling them" can the passive idea of "let me escape poverty" be transformed into the enterprising awareness of "I want to escape poverty."

Fairness and efficiency have always been inseparable. While poverty alleviation policies emphasize fairness, they should also pay attention to efficiency and establish a more flexible incentive mechanism. Innovative explorations in some places are worth drawing on, such as implementing the working methods of "dual commitment," "dual recognition," and "dual confirmation" between helpers and poor households, transforming "one-way blood transfusion" into "two-way interaction." Some places implement differentiated distribution of poverty alleviation resources, truly supporting those who truly work, supporting more those who work more, and supporting greatly those who work greatly, stimulating the people's enthusiasm for escaping poverty and achieving prosperity through the principle of more pay for more work. Institutional construction is fundamental, overall, stable, and long-term. We should use good incentive system design to eliminate the negative psychology of "waiting," "relying," and "asking," and stimulate the "internal driving force" for poverty alleviation.

At present, poverty alleviation is entering a critical stage of storming fortifications and gnawing hard bones. Spiritual poverty alleviation should support material poverty alleviation and vice versa, and both the enthusiasm of the people and the enthusiasm of officials should be fully mobilized and tapped, so that officials and people in poor areas become warm-hearted and take action.