On Tuesday's Backchat, poverty alleviation in the mainland - and success for Nomadland.


In early April, Beijing had issued a white paper to share insights and actions to reduce poverty in the mainland. This came afterXi Jinping had declared a "complete victory" that ended extreme poverty in the country.


How effective is China's extreme poverty alleviation scheme in reality, and how did it approach the problem? What are the lessons for other countries to learn? What about Hong Kong? Has inequality also decreased?



From 9:15am-9:30am, we'll be discussing the Oscars for Nomadland and its director Chloe Zhao.

8:30-9:15am Poverty alleviation in the mainland
8:30-8:45am Ryan Manuel, managing director of Official China Ltd., a research company based in Hong Kong, and Chief Asia Strategist for Silverhorn Investment Advisors
 8:30am-9:15am: Paul Yip, Chair Professor (population health) Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU
9am-9:15am: Prof Ho Lok-sang, Pan Sutong Shanghai-HK Economic Policy Research Institute of Lingnan University
 
9:15-9:30am Nomadland in Oscars
Howard Elias, film critic.