Beijing, May 28 -- Indonesia wants to learn from China's poverty alleviation programs to improve its own efforts to reduce poverty, a deputy minister said.

Deputy Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Minister Ahmad Riza Patria said on Wednesday that China's experience has made significant contributions that other countries can learn from.

"Indonesia will continue striving to catch up and become a developed nation," he said on the sidelines of a Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development (GPPAD) meeting in Beijing.

Indonesia serves as deputy chair of the GPPAD alongside Ivory Coast, Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uzbekistan, while China chairs the forum as its initiator.

Patria said Indonesia hopes to ...