POVERTY REDUCTION BRIEFING
2014.No.07（21-31 March，2014）

1. Wang Yang, Leader of the State Council’s Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, Vice Premier of the State Council, stressed that the authority should research and set up exit and restraint mechanisms for key counties of the national development-oriented poverty reduction program, manage and use poverty relief funds properly, and explore ways to link up fund allocation with effect of poverty alleviation to ensure that aid funds really benefit the program recipients.
Source: www.chinanews.com, 25-03-2014

2. On 14 March, a videophone conference on fully improving the weak conditions of compulsory education schools in poor areas was held. Vice Premier Liu Yandong praised the achievements in promoting rural compulsory education in recent years, and pointed out that the authority should feel more accountable and urgent to improve the weak conditions of compulsory education schools in poor areas in an all-round way. With a strong leadership, the policies should be fully
Source: www.gmw.cn ,24-03-2014

3. China Development Bank (CDB) aids poverty-stricken counties in Guizhou Province with construction funds of RMB 23 billion. Taking poverty alleviation and development as its important work to facilitate national strategies and government policies, CDB plays a positive role in key sectors vital to national well-being and the people’s livelihood, and fulfills its social responsibility. This bank greatly assists the financial services for governments at different levels.
Source: www.xinhuanet.com,25-03-2014

4. China Development Bank (CDB) signed cooperation agreement with China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA). CDB will donate RMB 1.5 million in 2014 to further support the charity activities of New Great Wall Scholarship.
Source: www.ftchinese.com,24-03-2014

5. The Ministry of Education will implement three measures to increase the number of students in poor rural areas to attend key universities this year, which is expected to be increased by over 10% from last year. These measures include: a special plan for key universities to expand directional enrollment in poor rural areas; a separate enrollment for rural students; and a special plan for local key universities to enroll rural students.
Source: Beijing Evening News ,24-03-2014

6. Minquan County took the initiative to guarantee the implementation of Bounty Plan. The Agriculture Office of the county focused on providing integrated training in the earlier, medium and later stage: to plan and inspect work before the training, to guide and coordinate during the training, and to offer management and services after the training. As a result, the office handled the problems efficiently and provided job opportunities for trainees, which offered a reliable source of human resources for employing units.
Source: cnmq.com.cn ,24-03-2014

7. Linyi launched microloan policies to encourage startups, providing aid to 7,770 citizens. To further strengthen the policy effect of micro secured loan in promoting startups and employment, the municipal government consistently improves the preferential policies of providing micro secured loan to benefit the people, and makes the policy more targeted and practical, which has yielded a favorable result.
Source: www.iqilu.com ,25-03-2014

8. Shandong Province launched special audit on poverty funds in 13 cities. Targeted at 13 cities and 13 affiliated counties which are listed as the key poverty-stricken areas in the provincial Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the audit will fully examine the poverty funds allocated by financial budget at local or beyond provincial level from 2011 to 2013, which aims to figure out the revenue and expenditure scale of poverty funds and project arrangement of these regions over the past three years.
Source: www.dzwww.com,24-03-2014

Organizer: Beijing Normal University China Poverty Reduction Research Center