中外减贫信息摘要
Poverty Reduction Briefing
2018.No. 3(Jan 21-31, 2018)
State and Ministerial Policy News:
During his survey in Shanxi province, Vice Premier Liu Yandong stressed that the development of education, science, culture and healthcare helps shake off the poverty, and makes education a permanent cure to cut off intergenerational poverty. Vice Premier Liu learned the detailed implementation of local healthcare-based poverty alleviation projects, and inspected Shouyi International School located in an impoverished village, an innovative start-up base and some tech companies. She pointed out that joint efforts should be made in education, science and technology, culture and health to boost targeted poverty alleviation, thus making greater contributions to building a moderately prosperous society.
Source: China Education Daily Jan 22, 2018
National Development and Innovation Committee and other five divisions made and issued Work Programme on Ecological Alleviation of Poverty, aiming at a win-win situation between poverty alleviation and ecological civilization. Organizations should make arrangements with ecological alleviation as a priority, effectively strengthen the support for impoverished people and areas, push forward the coordination between poverty alleviation and ecological protection and the reinforcement of poverty alleviation and sustainable development, endowing impoverished people with more benefits from ecological protection and restoration.
Source: ndrc.gov.cn Jan 24, 2018
Recently, National Tourism Administration and State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development issued the Action Plan on Supporting Pro-Poor Tourism in Destitute Areas, pointing out that by 2020, poverty alleviation through tourism planning of destitute areas including “Three Districts and Three States” (Tibet; Tibetan ethnic areas in the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai; four districts of southern Xinjiang; Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture; Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture; Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) should be significantly improved; infrastructures and pubic service facilities upgraded; training quality of personnel of poverty alleviation through tourism in rural areas enhanced; quality of characteristic tourism products improved; rural tourism brands promoted; comprehensive tourism profits kept increasing; achievements of poverty alleviation through tourism continuously consolidated.
Source: china.com.cn Jan 22, 2018
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: Human Resources and Social Security system comprehensively promotes poverty alleviation through social insurance. The Ministry recently announced that all levels of HRSS should push forward social security for every deserved impoverished individual and ensure a complete coverage on all legal individuals, as well as set profiles and registration for people in straitened circumstances including impoverished people, people with minimum living standard and destitute people, and also for their security fees when they are insured of basic pension in urban and rural areas.
Source: Economic Daily Jan 26, 2018
Local Poverty Alleviation News:
Qinghai Province: one man gets employed, and the whole family shakes off poverty; poverty alleviation through transfer of employment achieves remarkable results. Qinghai province unswervingly boosts start-ups and employment through transfer of employment in Lamian (hand-pulled noodles) economy, which serves as a highlight solution to livelihood difficulties with remarkable achievement. In 2017, a total of 38,000 labors have undergone transfer of employment, achieving a 152% of the annual target and making income increase the main approach to poverty alleviation for impoverished areas and families.
Source: Qinghai Daily Jan 23, 2018
In 2017, Shanxi Province built 2,257 poverty alleviation afforestation cooperatives. The government turned the construction of green mountains to be the process of income increase and poverty shake-off for people. In 2017, 2,257 poverty alleviation afforestation cooperatives were built, which participated in the afforestation of 2.6 million mu and reached an income of RMB 740 million yuan, among which 54,000 impoverished members earned RMB 470 million yuan, with the average income increase of over RMB 8,700 yuan.
Source: People’s Daily Jan 25, 2018
A total of 530,000 people shook off poverty in Tibet Autonomous Region in the past five years. In the past five years, the number of impoverished people decreased to 330,000 in 2017 from the previous 860,000, with a drop of 530,000. The poverty incidence decreased to 12.4% from the previous 32.33%. In 2017 the per capita disposable income of impoverished Tibetan farmers and herdsmen increased by 16%. At the same time, 150,000 people achieved were lifted out of poverty, and 1,705 villages as well as 25 counties ready to shake off poverty.
Source: chinanew.com Jan 27, 2018
Shaanxi province completed the support for Linking the Increase with the Decrease policy for relocating the poor. Recently, Shaanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources issued Notice of Applying Linking the Increase with the Decrease Policy of Land Use in Urban and Rural Construction Land for Relocating the Poor, proposing specific requirements on five aspects: target circulation profit on prior payment for debts, declaration of project areas according to laws and regulations, regulation of surplus target circulation, and restriction on the production and circulation of profit management and surplus targets.
Source: Shaanxi Daily Jan 27, 2018
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reached an annual decrease of over 1.2 million impoverished people for five years. It is reported that Guangxi government spared no effort to fight against poverty in the past five years, and invested over 86 billion yuan, among which fiscal exclusive poverty alleviation fund takes up 22.04 billion yuan. In 2017, over 950,000 rural impoverished people, six impoverished counties and over 1,000 impoverished villages shook off poverty, helping 6.09 million registered impoverished people shake off poverty. The annual number of poverty alleviation for people is over 1.2 million, and the poverty incidence has decreased to around 7.9% from 18%.
Source: People’s Daily Jan 31, 2018
With a total decrease of 6.708 million impoverished people, Guizhou Province becomes a model province of poverty alleviation in China. Over the past five years, Guizhou government has decreased the rural impoverished people by 6.708 million and relocated 1.736 million poor people, reducing the poverty incidence to below 8% from 26.8%, creating the top figure of poverty alleviation and relocation, thus becoming a model province of poverty alleviation in China.
Source: chinanews.com Jan 26, 2018
Jiangxi Province: Healthcare-based poverty alleviation gets rid of the “poverty root”, and family doctors were introduced to villages and households. Falling into poverty and being driven back to poverty by diseases are key difficulties in poverty alleviation. Jiangxi government provided impoverished people with medical guarantees by introducing family doctors to villages and households, reaching a targeted policy application and getting rid of the “poverty root”. At the end of 2017, 6.97% registered impoverished patients paid medical fees by themselves in Jiangxi province, and by 2020, this rate will increase to 100% with great efforts.
Source: cctv.com Jan 21, 2018
In the past five years, 5.7 million people and 5,500 villages shook off poverty in Henan province. In the past five years, Henan government put forward poverty alleviation and implemented targeted poverty alleviation, reaching a steady reduction of 5.777 million impoverished people and reducing the poverty incidence to 2.57% from 9.28%. Lankao and Hua counties were no longer impoverished, a total of 5,514 impoverished counties shook off poverty, and 373,000 impoverished people moved out from Shenshishan district.
Source: chinanews.com Jan 24, 2018
Yunnan province reached a reduction of 5.56 million impoverished people in the past five years, and set the goal of one million more for this year. Over the past five years, Yunnan government invested a total of exclusive poverty alleviation fund above provincial level of 38.08 billion and decreased the impoverished population by 5.56 million. In 2018, Yunnan aims to reduce the poverty of 1.45 million impoverished people and 27 impoverished counties.
Source: chinanews.com Jan 25, 2018
Public Poverty Alleviation and Charity News：
Central enterprises invest over 7.5 billion yuan in poverty alleviation and become a major force to fight against poverty. The Bluebook of Central Enterprises Social Responsibilities (2017) issued recently points out that central enterprises accounts closely for 1/3 among over 300 central organizations involved in targeted poverty alleviation. 246 key counties of poverty alleviation, under paired assistance of central enterprises, represents 42% of 592 ones in total.
Source: youth.cn Jan 26, 2018
“Internet+” Social Poverty Alleviation Conclusion and Commendation Conference was held in Beijing recently. 2017 “Internet+” Social Poverty Alleviation Conclusion and Commendation Meeting was held in Beijing by China Social Participation in Poverty Alleviation and Development under the guidance of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, aiming to share “Internet+” social poverty alleviation experience, especially the fruitful achievements based on the core platform of China Social Participation in Poverty Alleviation and Development, and also rewarding outstanding organizations. At the same time, it arranged tasks in 2018 on “Internet+” social poverty alleviation, connecting with key social elites to help targeted poverty alleviation.
Source: china.com.cn Jan 23, 2018
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