Don't give a man fish, teach him how to fish. The poor are not merely recipients of poverty alleviation, but also serve as agents of poverty elimination and prosperity.
In its fight against absolute poverty, the Chinese government has utilized external forces to stimulate inner motivation, and has adopted a comprehensive approach involving education and training, employment opportunities, incentives, and organizational innovation to precisely drip-feed the poor to fully tap their development potential, and help them become self-reliable "fishermen."
These fishermen can be independent entrepreneurs, migrant workers, shareholders of farmers' cooperatives, community public service providers, or "guardians" of the ecological environment.
