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2026 No. 1 Document signals institutionalization of anti-poverty efforts

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Beijing is institutionalizing its poverty alleviation campaign as a standing feature of rural social assistance. The 2026 No. 1 Document – the annual rural policy guidance from the Party Central Committee and State Council – instructs officials to set up "normalized" social assistance systems featur...