《摆脱贫困》是中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平的个人著作，收录了他1988年至1990年任中共宁德地委书记期间的重要讲话和调研文章，共29篇。还收录有10张彩色照片，其中包括他在宁德工作期间的6张工作照片。全书紧紧围绕闽东地区如何脱贫致富、加快发展这一主题，提出了一系列的制度、理念、观点和方法，深刻回答了推进闽东地区经济社会发展的重大理论和实践问题，涉及经济建设、政治建设、文化建设、社会建设、生态文明建设和党的建设等重要内容，思想丰富深刻，文风生动亲切，具有很高的理论价值，同党的十八大以来习近平总书记系列重要讲话精神一脉相承、相互呼应。同时，该书也是习近平同志在宁德两年艰苦工作的全面写照，体现了他扎根艰苦地区带领群众摆脱贫困的坚定理想信念和深挚为民情怀。
Up and Out of Poverty comprises 29 speeches and articles delivered and written by Xi Jinping while he was serving as secretary of Ningde Prefectural Party Committee from 1988 to 1990. It also includes 10 photographs from that period. Focusing on poverty alleviation and development in Ningde, the book presents, in vivid language, a combination of carefully designed strategies, ideas, systems, and methods. It also provides a full account of the two years Xi spent hard at work there. His dedicated efforts to lead the locals out of poverty serve as testimony to his firm convictions and deep love of the people.
