Theory, Policy, and the Practice of Damo Village, Longbang Town, Jingxi City, Guangxi” Convened in Jingxi City, Guangxi

On the afternoon of July 11, the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Jingxi City Committee of Guangxi jointly held an academic symposium on “Targeted Poverty Alleviation: Theory, Policy, and the Practice of Damo Village, Longbang Town, Jingxi City, Guangxi” at the Jingxi City Party Committee. This meeting was based on the preliminary research findings of the sub-project “Poverty Alleviation and Enriching the People and Consolidating the Borderlands in the China-Vietnam Border Region – The Case of Damo Village, Longbang Town, Jingxi City, Guangxi” (chaired by Researcher Pan Jin’e, Deputy Director of the Department of International Communist Movements, Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), which is part of the 2016 major national conditions research project “A Hundred-Village Survey on Targeted Poverty Alleviation” [1]1 “A Hundred-Village Survey on Targeted Poverty Alleviation” (精准扶贫百村调研) is a large-scale national conditions research project initiated by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development in 2016, aiming to investigate the implementation of targeted poverty alleviation policies in one hundred villages across China. jointly conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development. The symposium invited poverty alleviation experts, heads of various departments of the Jingxi city government, representatives of border defense troops stationed in Jingxi, representatives of companies in the China-Vietnam cross-border economic zone, and representatives of villagers, totaling over 40 participants, to engage in discussion.

7月11日下午，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院和广西靖西市委员会在靖西市市委联合举行了“精准扶贫：理论、政策与广西靖西市龙邦镇大莫村的实践”学术研讨会。本次会议以中国社会科学院和国家扶贫办合作的2016年重大国情调研课题“精准扶贫百村调研”子项目“中越边境地区扶贫与富民固边调研——广西靖西市龙邦镇大莫村案例”（中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院国际共运部副主任潘金娥研究员主持）的前期调研情况为基础，邀请了扶贫专家、靖西市政府各部门负责人、驻靖边防部队代表、中越跨境经济区公司代表和村民代表共40余人共同参与研讨。

Researcher Fan Jianxin, Vice President of the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered an address at the symposium. Vice President Fan Jianxin believed that the selected research object, Damo Village, Longbang Town, Jingxi City, Guangxi, has very distinctive characteristics. It is a typical “old revolutionary base area, ethnic minority region, border region, and impoverished area” [2]2 “Old revolutionary base area, ethnic minority region, border region, and impoverished area” (老少边穷) is a standard Chinese bureaucratic term used to designate areas that combine these four characteristics, often receiving special policy attention. in our country, and it is also an old revolutionary base area. Moreover, it is an important port and connecting point for advancing our country’s the Belt and Road Initiative, thus possessing strong development potential. Vice President Fan Jianxin expressed confidence that this project is highly significant for implementing the national strategy of targeted poverty alleviation, for providing precise information to achieve our country’s goal of comprehensive poverty alleviation and building a moderately prosperous society [3]3 “Moderately prosperous society” (小康社会) is a long-standing Chinese political goal, originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping, referring to a society that is comfortably well-off but not yet fully affluent; the goal of “comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society” by 2020 was a central target of the CPC under Xi Jinping. by 2020, and for offering decision-making references to relevant departments.

中国社科院马研院副院长樊建新研究员在研讨会上致辞。樊建新副院长认为：该调研项目所选对象即广西靖西市龙邦镇大莫村具有很明显特色，是我国典型的“老少边穷”地区，也是革命老区，而且是我国推进“一带一路”倡议的重要口岸和连接点，因此具有很强的发展潜力。樊建新副院长表示相信，此项目对落实国家精准扶贫战略、为实现我国2020年全面脱贫和建成小康社会目标提供精确的信息和为有关部门提供决策参考很有意义。

Address by Vice President Fan Jianxin

樊建新副院长致辞

Bi Hongfei, Deputy Mayor of Jingxi City People’s Government, systematically introduced the achievements, problems, and countermeasures of poverty alleviation in Jingxi City. Professor Lyu Lingli, a rural poverty alleviation research expert from the Business School of Guangxi University, elaborated on Guangxi’s 13th Five-Year Plan for poverty alleviation, Guangxi’s poverty alleviation policies, the results achieved so far, and the problems faced. A leader of a Guangxi border defense unit, a representative of Guangxi Jingxi Wanshenglong Investment Group, leaders of relevant departments of the Jingxi city government, and members of the research team successively spoke at the meeting. Participants conducted in-depth discussions on the theory and policy of targeted poverty alleviation, as well as the implementation situation and existing problems of targeted poverty alleviation policies in Damo Village, Jingxi City. This symposium enabled the research team to systematically and deeply understand the poverty alleviation situation in Jingxi City, Guangxi, and the situation of targeted poverty alleviation in Damo Village, Longbang Town, Jingxi City, helping the research team achieve high-quality research results. At the same time, it was also a good learning opportunity for cadres of relevant departments in Jingxi City. The symposium was chaired by Researcher Pan Jin’e, Deputy Director of the Department of International Communist Movements, Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and project leader.

靖西市人民政府副市长闭鸿飞系统地介绍了靖西市扶贫的成就、问题与对策。广西大学商学院农村扶贫研究专家吕玲丽教授对广西扶贫攻坚十三五规划、广西扶贫政策以及当前所取代的成果、面临的问题做了阐述。广西边防某部领导、广西靖西万生隆投资集团代表、靖西市政府相关部门领导以及课题组成员先后在会议上发言。与会者就精准扶贫的理论、政策，以及精准扶贫政策在靖西市大莫村的执行情况、存在问题等进行了深入探讨。此次研讨会，使课题组能够系统深入地了解广西靖西市的扶贫情况以及靖西市龙邦镇大莫村精准扶贫的情况，有助于课题组取得高质量的调研成果，同时对靖西市有关部门的干部也是一次很好的学习机会。研讨会由中国社科院马院国际共运部副主任、项目主持人潘金娥研究员主持。

Local cadres including Deputy Mayor Bi Hongfei of Jingxi City, representatives of the stationed military and enterprises attended the meeting and delivered speeches

靖西市副市长闭鸿飞等当地干部、驻军和企业代表参会并发言

Research team members and invited experts

课题组成员和特邀专家

After the symposium, research team members and participating experts conducted in-depth field visits to Longbang Town Port in Guangxi, Wanshenglong Company, the China-Vietnam cross-border economic zone, and Damo Village, Longbang Town, and conducted interviews with the subjects of the investigation.

研讨会后，课题组成员和与会专家深入实地考察了广西龙邦镇口岸、万生隆公司和中越跨境经济区、龙邦镇大莫村等地，并对考察对象进行了访谈。

Research team members conducting interviews with cadres and villagers at the Damo Village committee

课题组成员在大莫村村委与干部、村民进行访谈

Group photo of experts, scholars, and cadres participating in the research

参加调研的专家学者和干部合影

(Contributed by Qin Lifang, postdoctoral fellow at Sun Yat-sen University)

（中山大学博士后 覃丽芳供稿）