2014.No.18（01-10August，2014）

1. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang spoke at the third plenary meeting of China’s State Council Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development, stressing that the work arrangement, policies and measures on poverty alleviation should be fully implemented. The government should make sure to realize this year’s goal of lifting over 10 million people out of poverty, step up to work out the assessment method of poverty-stricken counties, and take targeted measures for poverty reduction.
Source: xinhua.net Aug. 2, 2014

2. National Development and Reform Commission pointed out that the less developed areas should be given more support. In 2014, the central budgetary investment for the relocation and poverty reduction project is expected to reach 5.5 billion yuan, with an increase of 2 billion yuan over the previous year. A rural impoverished population of 916,900 was expected to relocate their settlement.
Source: finance.china.com Aug. 4, 2014

3. Shiyan City in Hubei Province announced plans to promote the poverty alleviation project with targeted measures, which aims to lift 570,000 people out of poverty in six years. From 2014 to 2020, Shiyan will assist 1,000 poor villages to reduce poverty, enabling the area to live securely above the poverty line and attain an income of over 50,000 yuan from village collective economy.
Source: xinhua.net Aug. 5, 2014

4. Jilin Province launched the “Jiqing-Jixin Project” to strengthen assistance to people in extreme poverty. It plans to raise a charity fund worth 100 million yuan in five years, offering free cardiac interventional therapy and surgery to 10,000 rural patients.
Source: chinanews.com Aug. 5, 2014

5. This year, Changdu Branch, Agricultural Bank of China will invest 2.3 billion yuan to support the rural road network construction in Changdu District. By the end of June, a total of 821 million yuan worth of loans has been granted. These subsidized-interest loans extended to the rural road construction project will enable more farmers and herdsmen to increase income through joining the construction.
Source: tibet.infor.com.cn Aug. 6, 2014
6. Hainan Province has sent 5,757 cadres to poverty-stricken villages on mission of assistance and poverty alleviation. To solve the problem of development funds facing impoverished households, Hainan plans to allocate a micro-finance subsidized-interest loan of 17.5 million yuan, assisting 11,200 impoverished households in planting, breeding, processing and circulation, etc.
Source: hnrb.hinews.cn Aug. 4, 2014

7. In addition to actively winning support from the central government, Gansu Province has devoted more efforts to fully advance the work in poverty alleviation. This year’s provincial special fund for poverty alleviation will increase 1.15 billion yuan, up by nearly three times over the previous year. Meanwhile, more subsidized-interest loans will come into play, and more credits and loans from the bank will be introduced into the area of poverty alleviation and development.
Source: gscn.com.cn Aug. 6, 2014

8. In 2014, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region instructed Guilin City to renovate rundown rural houses in 12 counties and three urban areas,18,680 households. Five Guarantees Families, low-income families, families with a disabled member and other impoverished households will be given priority when receiving subsidies for rural housing renovation.
Source: guilinlife.com Aug. 3, 2014

9. Youyang County, Chongqing Municipality took targeted measures to press ahead with poverty alleviation work with “Five Focuses”, l.e., focusing on the “offensive battle” against poverty, the detailed assignment of poor households to cadres, the balanced regional development, the assistance to the specific areas that can produce tangible social effects, as well as the transparency and monitoring of the procedure. All these have contributed to the government’s efforts in reducing poverty with targeted measures.
Source: Chongqing Municipal Office of Poverty Alleviation Aug. 1, 2014

10. Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) innovated the lending mode to promote the financing project for poverty alleviation in Inner Mongolia. Since the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region launched the financing project for poverty alleviation and enrichment in 2013, the Inner Mongolia branch of ABC has granted project loans totaling 3.67 billion yuan, covering 59 poor banner/counties, over 200 townships and 3,000 administrative villages in the whole region. Among the total loans, the Golden Spike Loan for Enriching Farmers reached 3.11 billion yuan, yielding benefits to 67,000 famers and herdsmen.
Source: zgcxjrb.com Aug. 5, 2014
Organizer: Beijing Normal University China Poverty Reduction Research Center