中外减贫信息摘要
Poverty Reduction Briefing
2017.No. 29(Oct 11-20, 2017)
State and Ministerial Policy News:
Lately, General Secretary Xi Jinping noted in the report delivered at the 19th CPC National Congress that we should mobilize the strengths of our Party, our country, and our society, and continue to implement targeted poverty reduction and alleviation measures. We will operate on the basis of a working mechanism where the central government makes overall plans, provincial-level governments take overall responsibility, and city and county governments see to the implementation. We will strengthen the system for making heads of Party committees and governments at each level assume the overall responsibility for poverty alleviation. We will continue to advance poverty reduction drawing on the joint efforts of the government, society, and the market. We will pay particular attention to helping people increase confidence in their own ability to lift themselves out of poverty and see to it that they can access the education they need in order to do so. We will strengthen collaboration on poverty alleviation between the eastern and western regions, and provide special assistance to areas of extreme poverty. We must ensure that by the year 2020, all rural residents living below the current poverty line will have been out of poverty, and poverty is eliminated in all poor counties and regions. Poverty alleviation should reach those who truly need it and deliver genuine outcomes.
Source: xinhuanet.com Oct 18, 2017
The State Council Information Office has held a news conference on the poverty-alleviation achievements since the 18th CPC National Congress, and Liu Yongfu, Director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development briefed the country with information on the poverty-alleviation progress since the Congress. Since 18th CPC National Congress, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development has implemented various innovative measures and delivered unprecedented satisfactory outcomes, lifting more than 13 million people out of poverty on a yearly basis. Jinggangshan in Jiangxi and Lankao in Henan are the first two places shaking off poverty across the country, which marked the first cut in the number of destitute counties in history. The focus of current poverty alleviation work lies in areas in dire poverty and poverty caused by illness.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn Oct 11, 2017
The Ministry of Water Resources: A total of RMB 226.6 billion has been invested into water resource projects in destitute areas during the past five years. The Ministry of Water Resources has granted funds to help 110 million rural population in destitute areas gain access to safe drinking water. The popularizing rates of rural tap water and centralized water supply have been lifted beyond 70% and 75% respectively. Major water resource projects have been accelerated and the flood control capabilities have seen comprehensive improvement. Poverty alleviation through water resource projects has provided unswerving safeguard to secure and steady progress in lifting destitute areas out of poverty and fostering social harmony and stability.
Source: people.com.cn Oct 11, 2017
Local Poverty Alleviation News:
Beijing Strengthening Poverty Alleviation Efforts Seminar was held in Beijing on the morning of 11 Oct. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Beijing Municipality has spent RMB 18.963 billion for different recipient areas, implementing 2,650 assistance projects of various types, sending 1,442 outstanding cadres, and helping 1.7 million people in recipient areas shake off poverty. Beijing will see to it that all the recipient areas are lifted out of poverty by 2020.
Source: Beijing Morning Post Oct 12, 2017
Hebei Province began a 100-day campaign of poverty alleviation through relocation. In the recent conference on scheduling the timetable of poverty alleviation through relocation, the government of Hebei Province announced that from the middle of October to the end of January 2018, it will spend around 100 days completing the 2017 task of helping 126,000 people get relocated and starting the relocation of 294,000 people. The task of helping 90,000 impoverished people registered in the poverty document get relocated, which is subject to the state examination, will be prioritized in the efforts. The province will commence the 100-day campaign of poverty alleviation through relocation, determined to accomplish the task of the year.
Source: Hebei Ribao Oct 20, 2017
Jiangxi Province expanded the coverage of PV-based poverty alleviation projects, allowing on-grid energy to enjoy fiscal subsidy. Jiangxi Province issued a document lately, saying that the province will spend more efforts on the construction of village-based poverty alleviation power stations and strive to realize that 100 KW power stations reach all destitute villages registered in the poverty document through integrating policy funds and policy credit funds, such as agriculture-related fiscal funds and governmental interest discounts. The document also says that the on-grid energy of poverty alleviation power stations will be subsidized, to enable an annual revenue rise of collective economy to the extent of RMB 40,000 to 50,000 in every village.
Source: Xinhua News Agency Oct 18, 2017
Jiangsu Province held a trade fair to sell agricultural products of destitute villages, signing several project proposals for investment with the purpose of poverty alleviation, totaling RMB 3.2 billion. The 2017 Cross-Strait (Jiangsu) Famous High-Quality Agricultural Products Trade Fair was held in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu and a special demonstration area was set up to showcase the characteristic products from economically weak areas in Jiangsu Province. The outcomes of the poverty alleviation work of five cities in northern Jiangsu (Huai’an, Suqian, Xuzhou, Lianyungang and Yancheng), Huangqiao Maoshan Old Revolutionary Base, and the 12 economically weak counties where the party committee of Jiangsu has sent cadres to were put on display in this area. During the trade fair, a total of 18 project proposals for investment with the purpose of poverty alleviation were signed, which will attract a sum of fund totaling RMB 3.2 billion and help more than one million low-income peasant households increase income.
Source: xinhuanet.com Oct 17, 2017
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region released new social insurance-based poverty alleviation measures. Lately, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued the “Notice on Securing Progress in Social Insurance-based Poverty Alleviation Work in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region” to further tighten the safety network of social security. As is put in the document, the region will build upon inclusive policies and issue special ones targeting at impoverished population, and support social insurance of poverty-stricken people. This move will ensure that all impoverished people registered in the poverty document are covered by social insurance by the end of 2017, so as to advance the cause of poverty alleviation to the largest extent.
Source: Xinjiang Daily Oct 17, 2017
Gansu Province issued the “Implementation Opinions about the Work of Strengthening Poverty Alleviation through Healthcare Projects Targeting at Registered Impoverished Population”. It is learned that the province will build a basic medical expenses guarantee system to lessen the burden of medical expenses on registered poverty-stricken population greatly and see to it that the accumulatively annual medical expenses born by patients is within RMB 3,000. In this way, registered poverty-stricken population will find medical treatment affordable and accessible and they will gain access to basic healthcare services as well. Ultimately, the goal of lifting impoverished people out of poverty by 2020 will be realized as scheduled.
Source: Lanzhou Ribao Oct 20, 2017
Shanxi Province: More than 30% of poverty alleviation funds went to ten counties in dire poverty. A few days ago, the government of Shanxi Province said that the province spent 30.5% of central and provincial fiscal poverty alleviation funds, which amounted to RMB 1.176 billion, supporting ten counties in dire poverty this year. At the same time, the province earmarked 22.6% of the revolving funds for poverty alleviation, amounting to RMB 488 million, for ten counties mired in poverty. The amount of petty loan in ten destitute counties increased by RMB 933 million this year.
Source: Xinhua News Agency Oct 16, 2017
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region came up with targeted poverty alleviation measures and lifted more than 1.2 million people out of poverty annually. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has worked on targeted poverty alleviation and reduction vigorously and secured new outcomes. From the year of 2012 to 2016, a total of 6.09 million registered impoverished people were lifted out of poverty throughout the region, with more than 1.2 million people shaking off poverty annually. The poverty incidence dropped from 18% in 2012 to 7.9% in 2016, down by 10.1 percentage points. Meanwhile, 943 destitute villages and four destitute counties at the autonomous region level were removed from the poverty list.
Source: Guangxi Daily Oct 17, 2017
Anhui Province has lifted 5.821 million people out of poverty within the last five years. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the impoverished population in Anhui Province dropped to 2.081 in 2016 from 7.902 million in 2011. In other words, a total of 5.821 million people were lifted out of poverty. The poverty incidence dropped from 14.7% in 2011 to 3.88% in 2016, decreasing by 10.82 percentage points. The income of rural residents from 20 key counties on the list of national poverty alleviation objects increased to RMB 9,890.04 in 2016 from RMB 5,195.7 in 2011, with an annual growth of 18.07%.
Source: Anhui Daily Oct 13, 2017
Public Poverty Alleviation and Charity News：
The “Forum on the Poverty Alleviation Work of College Graduate-Transformed Village Heads”, hosted by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development and organized by China Association of Poverty Alleviation & Development (CAPAD), was held lately. The theme of the forum was “how to wield the role of college graduate-transformed village heads as vanguard in the cause of poverty alleviation”, and participants exchanged opinions and experience in helping them give full play to their advantages as the vanguard in the poverty alleviation work.
Source: Economic Daily Oct 11, 2017
The power sector issued the first report on targeted poverty alleviation. The White Paper of China Huaneng Group on Targeted Poverty Alleviation and the first publicity video about targeted poverty alleviation were released a few days ago. That is the first special report on targeted poverty alleviation released by China’s power sector. The White Paper comprehensively reviews the outcomes of the management and practice of Huaneng Group in the field of poverty alleviation and development over the past two decades. As is put in the document, the group donated approximately one billion yuan from January 2012 to June 2017. The proportion of donation for poverty alleviation had been on the rise over the years, amounting to approximately RMB 880 million.
Source: jjckb.cn Oct 18, 2017
CCTV put forward a project entitled “National Brand Plan—Pushing Forward Targeted Poverty Alleviation through Commercials”, directly helping more than 450,000 people shake off poverty. The program Targeted Poverty Alleviation Commercials, promoting the agricultural products produced in destitute areas in Guizhou, Ningxia, Qinghai and Yunnan was aired on five CCTV channels for 3,705 times free of charge and the value of screen resources reached RMB 500 million. This campaign has facilitated local industrial development, pushed forward targeted poverty alleviation and provided strong support to the four provinces (autonomous regions) in their tough combat against poverty.
Source: people.com.cn Oct 12, 2017
Sponsor: International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
Organize：China Institute for Poverty Reduction, Beijing Normal University
Contact: Zhang Xiaoying 84419855
Email: zhangxiaoying@iprcc.org.cn