Highlights from Dr. Qin Gao’s interview on poverty reduction and social welfare in China ranked among the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs’ top five video podcasts of 2018.
Director of the China Center for Social Policy and Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Dr. Qin Gao (bio) focuses her research on the Chinese welfare state in transition; welfare, work, and poverty in China; social protection for rural-to-urban migrants in China and Asian American immigrants; and cross-national comparative social policies and programs.
In her interview with independent news anchor Stephanie Sy for the Carnegie Council’s podcast program Ethics Matter, Dr. Gao explains the workings of the Chinese Dibao (minimum livelihood guarantee) system and discusses Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious goal of eradicating poverty by 2020—topics that formed the subject of her book, Welfare Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China, published by Oxford University Press in 2017.
The video was ranked as the fourth most popular video podcast in the Most Popular Carnegie Council Resources of 2018. The full interview transcript is posted below with permission from the Carnegie Council.
NOTE: In addition to the highlights video linked above, you can watch the interview in its entirety here.