Targeted poverty alleviation cannot be achieved without the support of systems thinking

Poverty eradication is the bottom-line goal and the "last mile" of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. In order to do a good job in this major undertaking of poverty alleviation, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly stated that "the key to winning the battle against poverty lies in precision, the emphasis lies in precision, and success or failure lies in precision." This requires systems thinking to ensure the effective implementation of targeted poverty alleviation.

Strategic decisive-battle thinking. "Targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty eradication" is a national strategy that serves the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The battle against poverty has reached the sprint stage of gnawing on hard bones and storming fortified positions. This requires us to win the battle against poverty with greater determination, clearer thinking, and more precise measures, and with greater intensity and speed, and to write the Chinese model and Chinese chapter of poverty alleviation.

Targeted thinking. Targeted poverty alleviation is a method of poverty governance that, in light of the specific circumstances of different impoverished areas and impoverished populations, uses scientific and effective mechanisms to carry out precise identification, precise assistance, and precise management of the poor. It is necessary to clarify the key areas and key groups for poverty alleviation, formulate targeted poverty alleviation measures, and establish a long-term mechanism for poverty alleviation and eradication. It is necessary to use a targeted approach to poverty governance, aiming at the registered poor population so that they can escape poverty thoroughly and effectively. It is necessary to sign letters of responsibility for the battle against poverty at every level and make solemn pledges, ensuring that responsibility is assigned to specific people and tasks are assigned to specific people, to assess and identify officials on the front line of the battle against poverty, and to encourage officials at all levels to display their talents on the battlefield of the battle against poverty.

Comprehensive coordination thinking. To achieve the goal of escaping poverty and becoming prosperous, attention must be paid to coordination and cooperation among regions, departments, and different levels, ensuring the effective advancement of deployment plans such as top-level design, policy support, departmental linkage, layered implementation, and step-by-step implementation. Targeted poverty alleviation must focus on solving the problems of poverty alleviation talent and the rational allocation of poverty alleviation resources. In terms of talent resource allocation, it is necessary to continue to leverage the good experience and good practices of exchanging officials and other aspects, and promote mutual understanding of concepts, interaction of ideas, mutual learning of technology, and mutual learning of work styles. It is necessary to increase training for officials in the western region, especially grassroots officials and leaders in becoming prosperous in impoverished villages, and build a talent team that can be retained, can fight, and cannot be taken away. In terms of specific resource allocation, first, it is necessary to rely on the inclination and guarantee of poverty alleviation funds and poverty alleviation projects at the national level; second, it is necessary to strengthen coordination and cooperation between regions and within regions in industrial cooperation, labor service collaboration, and financial support.

Sustainable development thinking. To govern poverty, one must govern ignorance; to alleviate poverty, one must support intelligence. This is an important way to free the impoverished population from the intergenerational transmission of poverty and achieve sustainable development. It is necessary to break free from the vicious cycle of poverty of "low-level human capital investment - low employment - low income - low human capital investment," increase effective investment in education in impoverished areas, promote the optimized allocation of educational resources in impoverished areas, promote the sharing of high-quality educational resources, and effectively raise the level of education in impoverished areas.

Effective communication thinking. In the baseline surveys for targeted poverty alleviation, it is necessary to be objective, fair, and realistic, and to respect the survey subjects; in the specific implementation of poverty alleviation projects, it is essential to respect the wishes of the poverty alleviation targets and mobilize their enthusiasm; when inspecting and evaluating the effectiveness of poverty alleviation, it is necessary to carefully listen to the opinions and suggestions of the impoverished targets. At the same time, it is necessary to keep smooth the mechanisms for expressing and realizing the demands of poverty alleviation targets, and establish and improve effective communication and exchange mechanisms among poverty alleviation participants at all levels, including province, city, county, and township, as well as among participating entities such as the government, enterprises, and society.