In this photo taken on March 5, 2021, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Wiesanu speaks at an interview in the Bangkok, Thailand. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BANGKOK – Thailand has been learning from China's achievement in poverty alleviation and hopes to deepen bilateral communication and cooperation in the field, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.
Hailing China's achievement of eradicating extreme poverty as "a miracle," Wissanu said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua that Thailand has been taking lessons from China's pattern of poverty alleviation, and trying to reduce poverty based on China's experiences.
Drawing lessons from China's precise approach to poverty alleviation, Thailand has built a poverty-reduction platform to collect information in poor regions and identify poor households, according to the Thai deputy prime minister.
Drawing lessons from China's precise approach to poverty alleviation, Thailand has built a poverty-reduction platform to collect information in poor regions and identify poor households, according to the Thai deputy prime minister
ALSO READ: Advisers' key proposal beefs up poverty alleviation fight
"Inspired by China's science and technology-assisted poverty alleviation practices, Thailand plans to boost the development of agriculture and rural areas, and work together with colleges to map out poverty-alleviation plans and dispatch college students to support poor regions," he said.
China last month declared a "complete victory" in the fight against poverty. Over the past eight years, China has lifted 98.99 million poor rural residents under the current poverty line out of poverty, with 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 poor villages removed from the poverty list.
READ MORE: High price to boost poverty alleviation
During the interview, Wissanu said China has made significant contributions to the global fight against COVID-19 by sharing epidemic control experiences and providing COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, while Thailand is one of the beneficiaries.
Wissanu expressed his gratitude for China's timely provision of COVID-19 vaccines to Thailand to support its fight against the coronavirus, which has infected more than 26,000 people in the Southeast Asian country.
The first batch of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in Thailand on Feb. 24 and the country kicked off the vaccination program on Feb 28.