2.The National Health and Family Planning Commission has sent a team of experts to Lvliang People’s Hospital for medical assistance.Designated by Beijing Hospital, seven experts from key disciplines constitute the medical assistance team.They will serve more people in the poverty-stricken areas, as well as help local hospitals improve the standard and quality of medicalcare through the mode of medical assistance.

3.National project on training pioneers in starting businesses and gaining wealthin poverty-stricken counties has beeninitiated.90 trainees from Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei, and Fujian Province started their one-month study of business lessons in Rongzhongvillage, Meishan country, Nan’an city of Fujian Province. The project creates a new training mode of mutual assistance between eastern and western regions, setting a good example for the large scalenationwide training of pioneers in starting businesses and gaining wealth.

4. Since its establishment in January, 2010 in Beijing, China Charities Aid Foundation for Children has raised over 400 million yuan over the past five years, benefitingmore than 550 thousand children in special needin over 30 provinces, especially in the poor areas in Midwest China.

5.Guizhou Province aims to lift 1.7 million people out of poverty this year, with a series of measures taken including taking targeted measures in poverty alleviation, poverty alleviation by industries,and poverty alleviation in targeted places.This year, agricultural production in GuizhouProvince maintains a steady development, farmers’ income continues to grow rapidly,and the agricultural and rural development shows a great momentum. Therefore, poverty alleviationwill be fully advanced, andover 8 counties and 100 townships and towns are expected to shake off poverty this year.

6.Jinan medical aid project for people in extreme poverty and with severe disease has been officially launched in JiyangCounty, Shandong Province. This project is hosted by Shandong Jinan Hospital Association and joined by six other hospitals with a fund of 500,000 yuan raised to cater to patients with cataract, breast disease, osteopathy and diabetes.

7.To encourage impoverished women to start their own businesses, Qinghai Provincehas granted small-sum guaranteed loansworth of nearly 1 billion yuan for over 20,000 impoverished women. Apart from streamlining loan handling procedures, the government will give 100% discount charges to cover the interest of personal loans, and 25%discount charges to labor-intensive enterprises.

8. A new round of activities for cadres to go to grassroots andhelp with poverty alleviation and rural income increase is launched in Hure Banner in Inner Mongolia.47 teams formed by 235 selected cadres are sent to poverty-stricken villages to help alleviate poverty and increaseincome there. It must be ensured that every county could obtain assistance from its assistance unit, and every impoverished household shouldbe paired with a responsible cadre.