Al Asoomi, AP Delegation Briefed on China’s Fight against Poverty Experience

The President of the Arab Parliament Adel bin Abdul Rahman Al Asoomi and his accompanying delegation have been briefed on China’s experience in the fight against poverty, where they heard a detailed explanation of the main pillars of this experience which includes attention to technical education and giving it high priority, providing cheap housing and state-sponsored treatment, as well as assistance to farmers through training and assisting them with the necessary equipment, in addition to strengthening the social economy and paying attention to tourism industries, while providing environmentally friendly and low-cost solar energy.

This came during the official visit of the Arab Parliament’s delegation to the People's Republic of China in response to the invitation extended by the Chairman of the Parliament of China.

In the context, the Arab Parliament’s delegation visited some of the live models reflecting this experience on the ground, by visiting the main factory to generate solar power in the capital Beijing, and learned about the factory’s working and production mechanisms, and how it represents a low-cost alternative to providing electricity to low-income social groups to help them avoid expensive bills of traditional electricity.

In the same context, AlAsoomi and the accompanying delegation visited one of the specialized cooking craft school, as one of the main professions spread in China, which helps to provide thousands of job opportunities for unemployed youth and job seekers. 

The Arab Parliament’s delegation was briefed on the latest techniques on which the school relies on to teach this craft to graduate new cadres to the labor market.

In this connection, AlAsoomi stressed that Arab countries need to develop non-traditional policies to counter poverty, and called for benefiting from the Chinese experience, notably the great attention it attaches to technical education as a strategic alternative to eliminating unemployment and providing job opportunities to millions of youth.