Zamir Ahmed Awan

Sinologist and former diplomat

The lifting of almost 850 million people out of poverty is a miracle. No other country in the world has had such a marvelous achievement in recent history. Credit goes to the Chinese leadership, good governance and the hard work of the people. China deserves to celebrate this achievement, and the rest of the world should congratulate China and learn from the Chinese experience.

China is a ray of hope for the developing and underdeveloped world alike, and has been so since the founding of the People's Republic. At that time, no one could imagine China's future rapid development, as the country was lacking in infrastructure, human resources, capital, technology and more. The Chinese leadership started its journey from near-zero and achieved remarkable progress.

A people-first approach, friendly policies and attractive incentive-based strategies helped ordinary people work hard to succeed. As a result, within four decades, China won its struggle to overcome poverty completely.