China's poverty alleviation model is highly applicable and offers practical lessons for Africa, said a U.S. economist in an interview with China Media Group aired on Friday.
Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University, said China's development path in fighting poverty is the essential blueprint that Africa should emulate in its quest to eliminate poverty.
"China went from being a poor country in 1980 to ending poverty in 2020. It's a roadmap for Africa, incidentally, which I explain all the time in the African context. First, Africa should be unified because it also has 1.4 billion people. So, if it acts as a true union, then it can emulate the roadmap of China," said Sachs.
"China was a high-saving, high-investing, and well-planned economy for 40 years with market forces and government strategy planning big investments in infrastructure, and big investments in education. That's the basic roadmap that Africa too should take to eliminate poverty," he said.
China's poverty alleviation experience provides roadmap for Africa: economist
China's railway system handled an estimated 13.95 million passenger trips on Tuesday, the ninth day of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush in 2026, official data showed.
An additional 1,363 trains were marshaled to meet the surging demand on the day, according to the China State Railway Group.
Meanwhile, the national highway system handled more than 40 million vehicle trips nationwide on Tuesday, and the outbound traffic from large and medium-sized cities started rising.
It's estimated that a total of 760,000 passenger trips were made by waterways across China on Tuesday, as island tours and city sightseeing tours emerge as popular options for Chinese people to make holidays.
The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year holiday, falls on Feb 17 this year, and the official holiday season lasts nine days from Feb 14 to 23.
The annual travel surge, known as chunyun, is often described as the world's largest human migration. This year's Spring Festival travel rush is expected to generate a record 9.5 billion inter-regional passenger trips during the 40-day period running from Feb 2 to March 13.
Chinese railway system handles 13.95 mln trips on Day 9 of Spring Festival travel rush
Chinese railway system handles 13.95 mln trips on Day 9 of Spring Festival travel rush
