The Evolution of China’s Poverty Alleviation Policy: Text Analysis Based on the State Council’s Report on the Work of the Government from 1986 to 2018

Abstract

In order to clarify the evolution process and ideological context of China's poverty alleviation policy, this work analyzed the report on the work of the government from 1986 to 2018 by using the method of policy text measurement and coding analysis. It is found that the process of poverty alleviation in China can be divided into four stages, showing a significant transformation change of value orientation from solving food and clothing to moderately prosperous society in all respects, action logic from extensive to accurate, pattern from government leading to pluralistic participation, and poverty alleviation mechanism from single means to comprehensive strategy.