Integrating national target programmes

In its submission to the National Assembly, the Government emphasised that merging the three national target programmes holds significant meaning.

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The integration aims toadvance the Party and State's overarching goal of building a prosperous people, a strong country and a happy, fulfilling life forall. This is the highest shared objective and requires unified understanding.

Consolidating the three programmes will not reduce policy benefits; instead, it willallow stronger, more targeted investment in ethnic and mountain communities in the years ahead.

Current assessments show that poverty remains concentrated in areas where ethnic groups reside. Whereas past poverty reduction programmes were implemented nationwide, the new combined programme will prioritise these communities to help ensure sustainable improvements and long-term poverty eradication.

Whilenew-style rural area development has been implemented nationwide for over a decade, yielding strong results in regions with numerous advantages already, other areas ~ especially those with large ethnic populations and disadvantaged regions ~ require more focused investment to improve people's living standards.