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Mar,2026
Attention from Partner Universities | University of Chile Students Win Awards at the "China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges – 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge" and Travel to China for Exchange
In January 2026, six University of Chile students who won the "China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges – 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge" traveled to China for a study tour. During this competition, University of Chile students won multiple awards for their proposals on issues such as energy accessibility, disaster response, and employment integration. Teachers and students from the University of Chile stated that this competition experience not only allowed them to put their knowledge into practice through interdisciplinary cooperation, but also enhanced their personal abilities and confidence, and deepened their understanding of the value of youth participation in global issues. This article is translated from a report on the official website of the University of Chile and is published with official authorization from the University of Chile.
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15
Mar,2026
Competition Registration | Launch of the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges – 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge
What is "poverty"? What forms of poverty can you see around you? Do you want to use your professional expertise to address these poverty issues? Then join the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges – 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge! Building on the resounding success of the first two editions, the 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge is set to kick off. Beyond an innovative competition, the Challenge features a wealth of enriching content including expert lectures and professional mentoring. How can Chinese and Latin American youth advance the global cause of poverty alleviation through cultural cooperation as a bond? We sincerely invite you to join us, stand side by side with like-minded partners, and jointly explore solutions to global challenges!Here, you can explore global best practice cases, focus on the pain points of poverty, leverage your professional strengths, and propose innovative solutions. Outstanding teams will receive full funding support for round-trip travel (flights and accommodation) to visit Brazil/Chile for research and study, participate in the transnational final, and conduct cross-cultural exchanges with local innovative teams.
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Mar,2026
Intern Recruitment | Project Operations Intern for the 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge
China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2026 Poverty Alleviation ChallengeWe are now recruiting project interns publicly.Looking forward to working with you to advance the practical exchange of Chinese and Latin American youth in poverty alleviation!
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Mar,2026
Invitation | Call for Mentors for the 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge
Dear Alumni and Friends from All Sectors,The global challenge of poverty alleviation is in urgent need of wisdom and innovation! In 2024, we witnessed the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — Poverty Alleviation Challenge spark a fervent wave of poverty alleviation dialogue led by Chinese and Latin American youth in China, Brazil and Chile. Witnessed by the mutual visits of national leaders and international summits, it has become a landmark project for the win-win development of China and Latin America. In 2025, the challenge expanded to four countries: China, Brazil, Chile and Peru, attracting the participation of over 310 teachers and students from 27 universities and enterprises, and receiving support from embassies of China and multiple Latin American countries as well as renowned enterprises.
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15
Feb,2026
Tsinghua University Co-organizes “China–Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge” Study Tour for Latin American Youth in China
Tsinghua University News, February 15 – From January 18 to 24, the “China–Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge” study tour for Latin American youth in China was successfully held. Approximately 40 Latin American faculty members and students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Un...
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Feb,2026
Media Focus | Latin American Youth Learn About China's Poverty Alleviation Experience
Editor's Note: 32 Latin American youth who advanced to the final of the 2025 Poverty Alleviation Challenge came to China for exchange and practice. The study tour activities focused on themes such as poverty alleviation empowered by scientific and technological innovation, accessible social construction, and rural revitalization. By visiting cutting-edge scientific research institutions and on-site practices of rural industries and culture, Latin American youth gained an in-depth understanding of China's exploratory experience in poverty alleviation and sustainable development, enhanced their comprehension of China's development philosophy through on-site observation and mutual learning, and injected new impetus into China-Latin America youth cooperation and the sharing of poverty alleviation experience. This article is a report from the Portuguese Channel of Xinhua News Agency.
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