Poverty Alleviation Challenge
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Media Focus | From a "Hollow Village" to a "Happiness Circle": Service Resilience and Spatial Renovation of Cili Village
Editor's Note: During the study tour and practice in China of the winning teams of the 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge, the Peruvian team came to Cili County in Hunan Province to experience the vivid practice of rural governance and people's livelihood improvement, and feel the development achievements of transforming the former "hollow village" into a fully functional and conveniently serviced "happiness circle" by improving public service facilities and promoting grassroots governance innovation. In practice, Chinese and Latin American youth have conducted in-depth learning and discussion on China's experience in advancing poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, as well as practical measures centered on improving people's livelihood and enhancing community cohesion. This article is a report from the CGTN Spanish website.
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02,2026
Media Focus | Gaochun Museum: A New Chapter Painted by the Integration of Ancient and Modern Times
Editor's Note: During the study tour and practice in China of the winning teams of the 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge, the Chilean team visited the Gaochun Museum and experienced its rich collection characteristics and the achievements of digital construction. The Gaochun Museum plays an important role in cultural relic collection, exhibition and research, and public education, demonstrating Gaochun's active exploration in protecting and inheriting historical culture, promoting public cultural services and study tour exchanges, and providing an important platform for Chinese and Latin American youth to gain an in-depth understanding of local history and culture and carry out study tour activities in this practice. This article is a report from the CGTN Spanish website.
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02,2026
Media Focus | Gaochun Ceramic Museum: The Millennium Kiln Fire Illuminates Rural Revitalization
Editor's Note: During their study tour and practice in China, the winning Chilean youth team of the 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge visited Gaochun in Jiangsu Province, toured the Gaochun Ceramic Museum and the "Ceramic Town", and carried out on-site learning on the historical inheritance and contemporary expression of Chinese ceramic culture. By closely understanding the cultural connotation of the "State Banquet Porcelain", ceramic making techniques, and the practical exploration of the integration of culture and tourism with study tour experience, they have an intuitive understanding of the practical path of China's excellent traditional culture in upholding integrity and fostering innovation, providing a vivid case for cultural study and exchange between Chinese and Latin American youth. This article is a report from the CGTN Spanish website.
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02,2026
Media Focus | Peruvian Team's Cultural Exploration in Beijing: From the Majestic Juyong Pass to the Cultural Veins of Tsinghua University, Touching Tradition and Inheritance
Editor's Note: 32 Latin American youth who advanced to the final of the 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge gained an in-depth understanding of China's history, culture and the development of higher education through visits to the Juyong Pass of the Great Wall and the campus of Tsinghua University during the Beijing leg of their study tour in China. This study tour aims to take youth exchanges as a link to promote cultural mutual learning between China and Latin America and the exchange of poverty alleviation experience, laying a foundation for mutual learning and cooperation between the two sides on development issues. This article is a report from the CGTN Spanish website.
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02,2026
Media Focus | Latin American Youth Step Foot on Chinese Soil: What "Poverty Alleviation Answers" Do They Want to Take Away?
Editor's Note: Both the Spanish and Portuguese channels of CGTN provided full coverage of the Beijing leg of the exchange visit to China by the award-winning representatives of the China-Latin American Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge under the Tsinghua University Center for Latin American Studies. This cross-ocean exchange journey is not only a collision of wisdom between Chinese and Latin American youth, but also a transoceanic transmission of poverty alleviation experience. It links the development paths of China and Latin America with youth as the bridge, and makes the vision of promoting common development take root through mutual learning and exchange. This article is a report from the CGTN Portuguese website.
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02,2026
Day 7 of the Study Tour in China for Latin American Teachers and Students: Chinese and Brazilian Youth Jointly Explore the Empowerment of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Rural Revitalization in Nanjian
On January 24, 2026, Chinese and Brazilian teachers and students from Tsinghua University's 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge and the 10th "Rural Entrepreneurship +" Innovation and Creativity Camp visited Jiangzhiji in Xizhou Ancient Town of Dali. As a core research session specially added by Tsinghua University's "Rural Entrepreneurship +" project to deepen cross-cultural poverty alleviation practices, an intangible cultural heritage (ICH) study tour themed "Mutual Learning in Poverty Alleviation Practices, Youth Walking Hand in Hand" was held. Leveraging the profound cultural heritage of the Bai ethnic group in Xizhou Ancient Town, the study tour group systematically learned about the inheritance context and contemporary expression of traditional crafts through visiting the ICH Museum and participating in traditional papermaking practices
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02,2026
Day 7 of the Study Tour in China for Latin American Teachers and Students: Industrial Innovation Paves a New Path for Poverty Alleviation in Cili
The chill still lingered, yet the footsteps moved forward. On January 24, 2026, the China-Latin America joint practice tour in Cili entered its third day. Members from the Tsinghua University Center for Latin American Studies, the "Rural Entrepreneurship +" program, the Cili Station of the Tsinghua University Rural Revitalization Workstation, as well as the Universidad del Pacífico in Peru and Minera Las Bambas S.A. continued to delve into the vibrant land of Cili. They visited Hunan Shenzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiajie Jinfu Kaisheng Shoes Co., Ltd. successively, exploring two distinct industrial paths both leading to "poverty alleviation and income increase" — from the entire industrial chain of traditional Chinese medicine to the intelligent upgrading of labor-intensive industries.
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02,2026
Day 7 of the Study Tour in China for Latin American Teachers and Students: The Study Tour in Gaochun Concludes Successfully
On January 24, 2026, the China-Latin America joint practice tour in Gaochun drew to a close. Teachers and students from Tsinghua University, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the University of Chile visited rural revitalization practice sites and characteristic cultural tourism scenes in depth during the three-day joint study tour, gaining a systematic understanding of Gaochun's exploratory achievements in industrial development, ecological protection and cultural exchanges. Through on-site visits and continuous exchanges, Chinese and Chilean youth enhanced mutual understanding and friendship in the process of learning and living together. The itinerary on the closing day was not only a continuation of the research practice, but also a concentrated presentation of the phased achievements of this China-Latin America youth exchange.
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02,2026
Day 6 of the Study Tour in China for Latin American Teachers and Students: Chinese and Brazilian Youth Jointly Explore Energy Security and Characteristic Industry-Driven Poverty Alleviation Practices in Nanjian
On January 23, 2026, teachers and students from Tsinghua University and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil went to Nanjian, Yunnan for an in-depth study tour. Centered on the theme of Mutual Learning in Poverty Alleviation Practices, Youth Walking Hand in Hand, the Brazilian teachers and students visited Leqiu Photovoltaic Power Station and Tsinghua Rural Academy successively, and experienced the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Nanjian Tiaocai Dance. Through immersive visits and in-depth exchanges, they unlocked Nanjian's experience in county-level poverty alleviation and rural revitalization in China, deepened the consensus between Chinese and Latin American youth in the fields of energy security and characteristic industrial development, and injected youthful power into China-Latin America poverty alleviation cooperation.
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02,2026
Day 6 of the Study Tour in China for Latin American Teachers and Students: Investigating Innovative Practices of Culture-Tourism Integration, Exploring a Long-Term Mechanism for Industrial Poverty Alleviation
On January 23, 2026, members from the Tsinghua University Latin American Center, the "Rural Entrepreneurship +" program, the Cili Station of the Tsinghua University Rural Revitalization Workstation, as well as the Universidad del Pacífico in Peru and Minera Las Bambas S.A. continued their in-depth study tour in Cili County, Hunan Province. Following the exploration of the characteristic agricultural product industrial chain on the first day, the itinerary on the second day focused on the innovative development of the culture and tourism industry.
Tsinghua University Latin America Center
16th Floor, Block C, Tus-Tech Building,Beijing, China,10020
Tel: (86)10-62795747
Email: lac@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Oficina 1103, Rosario Norte 615, Santiago, Chile
Email: lac@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn