Guizhou Province issued a policy-oriented concessional loan of RMB 15 billion for network-based poverty alleviation. The Guizhou Development and Reform Commission and Guizhou Branch of Agricultural Development Bank of China issued the “Implementation Plan of Guizhou Province for the RMB 15 Billion Policy-Oriented Concessional Loan for Network-based Poverty Alleviation”. This move will push forward the implementation of the loan sponsored by the Agricultural Development Bank of China, and key projects of network-based poverty alleviation, helping areas in dire poverty of the province shake off poverty.

brought in flexible forces, activating endogenous power by tapping the leverage effect. In recent years, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has created a new financial poverty alleviation mechanism, which is sponsored by fiscal bureaus of the region in the form of risk compensation funds. In cooperation with the Agricultural Bank of China, the mechanism prioritizes the development of “one brand for one village and one industry for one village” of impoverished villages and households. Meanwhile, the autonomous region joined hands with the People’s Bank of China, the China Development Ban and the Agricultural Development Bank, issuing sub-loan and special policy-oriented loan. At present, nine financial institutions are involved in the poverty-alleviation work, covering 81 areas out of 103 banners and counties.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw preliminary results in poverty alleviation through e-commerce. In recent years, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has worked vigorously on building a region-wide e-commerce demonstration system, allowing e-commerce to play a bigger and bigger role in targeted poverty alleviation. At present, 22 national poverty-stricken counties in the region have become national comprehensive village-based e-commerce demonstration counties, accounting for 61.11% of all demonstration counties.

The petty loan increment of Shanxi Province ranked high nationwide. Shanxi Province has spent more money on poverty alleviation this year, satisfying the needs of the combat against poverty and stepping up support lent to areas in dire poverty. In terms of fiscal poverty alleviation funds, the province has invested RMB 6.964 billion, of which 3.256 billion was allocated by central fiscal authorities, up by 50.6%; RMB 1.661 billion was earmarked by provincial authorities, up by 50%; 912 million was invested by local cities, up by 25.8%; and RMB 1.135 billion was allocated by county authorities, up by 147.8%.

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched the third-party evaluation and inspection on the outcomes of targeted poverty alleviation. Recently, the Ningxia Inspection Team of the National Bureau of Statistics has launched 2017 third-party evaluation and inspection on the outcomes of targeted poverty alleviation. This inspection targeted at a few indexes, including “satisfying people’s basic needs for food and clothing, and ensuring people’s access to compulsory education, basic healthcare and housing”, the rate of leaving impoverished people out, the rate of misidentification of people lifted out of poverty and the satisfaction of support, which demonstrated the endeavor of helping people shake off poverty authentically. The Ningxia Inspection Team will visit and conduct inspection on 6,290 households in 436 incorporated villages across the region in 20 days.

 “Notice of the People’s Government of Sichuan Province on Approving the Removal of Five Counties from the Poverty List” was posted on the government website a few days ago. Two poverty-stricken counties and districts at national level, that is, Nanbu County and Guangan District in Guangan City, and three poverty-stricken ones at provincial level, namely Peng’an County, Qianfeng District in Guang’an City and Huaying City, became the first batch of poverty-stricken counties lifted out of poverty in the province.

Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture conducted examination and evaluation on 56 demonstration villages for poverty alleviation through party construction featuring “five orientations and four aspects”. In order to make breakthrough in developing village collective economy and strengthening rural grass-roots governance from the reform of transforming resources into assets, capital into shares and farmers into shareholders, the area vigorously pushed forward the construction of demonstration villages for poverty alleviation through party construction featuring “five orientations and four aspects” (five orientations refer to joint discussion, consensus, co-building, sharing and co-bearing; four aspects refer to promoting the development of platform-based village branches, company-based villages, villagers as shareholders, social force-based village affairs). Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture spent more efforts guiding the construction of 56 demonstration villages applied by different counties and cities this year for poverty alleviation through party construction, and set up four examination teams to deliver examination and evaluation in different villages.

A targeted poverty alleviation campaign titled “A Painting Bears A Dream” under the Showyes Project, targeting at students, was held in Beijing. Over the past couple of days, a painting exhibition theming on “verifying Zenism with paintings” and targeted poverty alleviation campaign titled “A Painting Bears A Dream” under the Showyes Project, targeting at students, jointly hosted by the Showyes Project under China Social Welfare Foundation, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, and Sanwan Academy, was held in Beijing. The aims of the campaign were to convey affection and care to impoverished students in an artistic form, help them have access to education and realize the diversified implementation of targeted poverty alleviation.

Source: xinhuanet.com Oct 30, 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