The CWAS of UESTC  has been committed to serving the national strategy,  contributing to the poverty alleviation in China . In 2020, the CWAS of UESTC  was commissioned by the China-African Institute to complete book listed among  the National Think Tank Poverty Alleviation Report "Research Reports on the Elimination of Poverty in China: Cengong County, Guizhou Province" , published by China social sciences press both in Chinese and English and won the excellence award by CPADC(China Poverty Alleviation and Development Center), which, in turn, assists School of Public Affairs and Administration of UESTC for 2021 School Level Collective Award on Poverty-Alleviation. 

More details can be found at https://news.uestc.edu.cn/?n=UestcNews.Front.Document.ArticlePage&Id=79975. though in Chinese from UESTC NEWS.