Xi: Shaking off poverty 'starting point' of new life

President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at a gathering in Beijing to mark the country's accomplishments in poverty eradication on Thursday. Here are the highlights:

'Complete victory'

* China has scored a "complete victory" in its fight against poverty (Read more)

* 98.99 million Chinese in rural areas helped out of poverty from 2012 to 2020

* 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 impoverished villages have been removed from the poverty list

* Some 25.68 million poor people in China from 7.9 million households have seen their dilapidated houses renovated since late 2012

* 9.6 million Chinese people have been relocated from impoverished areas since late 2012

* 28 ethnic minority groups with relatively small population have shaken off poverty collectively since late 2012

* 770 million rural residents have shaken off poverty since the beginning of reform and opening up over 40 years ago

* All of China's impoverished rural population lifted out of poverty

* Children in impoverished families have better access to education

* China contributes to over 70 percent of world's poverty reduction goal

* China achieved UN goal of poverty eradication 10 years ahead of 2030 deadline