Poverty is a denial of human rights. Addressing pov-erty is to protect human rights. Poverty eradication is the foundation for the comprehensive development of all human rights. The goal of poverty alleviation in China is to eliminate absolute poverty by 2020 and guarantee the basic human rights of the poor, including the rights to subsistence, education, health and housing. Poverty alleviation has improved the human rights protection in China and contributed to the development of human rights in the world.