The National Rural Revitalization Administration () is an agency within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China which is responsible for China's against poverty and to promote development in rural areas. It is headquartered in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. It was formed on 25 February 2021 as the agency superseding the former State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development. In 2023, it was merged into the

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History

On 16 May 1986, the Office of the Leading Group for Economic Development in Poverty Stricken Areas of the State Council () was created, which was reshuffled as the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development () on 17 September 1993. Since 2005, the Chinese government has promoted building New Villages to modernize the countryside. In 2008 the Urban and Rural Planning Law was enacted. In 2015, the Guide to Construct Beautiful Countryside was enacted "to achieve benign ecological, social, and economic rural development." In 2017 the Rural Revitalization Strategy was officially introduced, with the goal of addressing "the imbalance between urban and rural areas and among regions." Rural areas in China also suffer from environmental degradation and brain drain. The Rural Revitalization Strategy has the long term goals of achieving "decisive progress on rural revitalization" by 2035 and to be “fully rejuvenated with well-off farmers and strong agriculture sectors” by 2050. Although China claims to have eradicated

extreme poverty Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, ...

, sustainable

poverty alleviation Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics classi ...

also remains a goal of the strategy. On 25 February 2021, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development was renamed to the National Rural Revitalization Administration.

Wang Zhengpu Wang Zhengpu (; born August 1963) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Hebei, in office since 21 October 2021. Previously he served as director of the National Administration for Rural Revitalization. He was a delegate to the ...

was appointed director. In 2023, it was announced that the Administration's tasks are taken over by the

List of directors

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History

List of directors

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