中外减贫信息摘要
Poverty Reduction Briefing
2018.No. 22(Aug. 01-10, 2018)
State and Ministerial Policy News:
Recently, the Symposium with Heads of Poverty Alleviation and Development Offices throughout the Country was held. Liu Yongfu, Head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, chaired the Symposium and pointed out that it is necessary to further improve the registration of poor people, advance the level of industrial poverty alleviation to prevent and defuse risks, encourage local governments to innovate the way of poverty alleviation, adhere to guide right public opinion, and continuously strengthen the construction of institutions and teams. Poverty alleviation should be taken as the major task of rural revitalization in poverty-stricken areas and remain committed. They should put all efforts into winning the battle against poverty.
Source: henandaily.cn August 2, 2018
Ministry of Culture and Tourism: A special fund of 2.58 billion yuan has been invested in cultural poverty alleviation. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, since the implementation of 13th Five-Year Plan, our country has launched major cultural projects and allocated 2.58 billion yuan to support the cultural and industrial development in destitute areas and bring jobs for impoverished labor so as to steadily increase their incomes.
Source: cctv.com August 5, 2018
National Energy Administration: More than 960,000 impoverished households have enjoyed the subsidies via generating power by family photovoltaic power stations, according to the national subsidy catalogue of poverty alleviation project. Qi Chengyuan, deputy director of National Energy Administration, said recently that by the end of 2017, a total of 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and 940 counties had carried out poverty alleviation through photovoltaic projects, with a total installed capacity of 10.11 million kilowatts, directly benefiting about 30,000 poor villages with 1.646 million poor households. At present, the photovoltaic power stations in the national subsidy catalogue of poverty alleviation projects have generated 5.538 million kilowatts of electricity in total, benefiting 965,000 impoverished households.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 1, 2018
Local Poverty Alleviation News:
Gansu Province issued a three-year plan on poverty alleviation through increasing employment rate, stating that certain poor workers can enjoy a subsidy of 50,000 yuan. Gansu recently issued The Three-Year Plan on Poverty Alleviation through Employment (2018-2020). The province plans to launch training programs for 900,000 workers and make sure the registered impoverished people who are willing to work are in employment. The provincial government will develop 70,000 jobs in destitute areas to facilitate more than 600,000 impoverished people achieving current standards for basic living.
Source: china.com.cn August 7, 2018
Hunan Province approved that Chaling and other four counties had got off poverty. It is learned that the provincial government of Hunan recently confirmed that five counties of Chaling, Yanling, Shimen, Guidong and Zhongfang shook off poverty. During the period of the national battle against poverty, these five counties can continuously enjoy the national and provincial policies on poverty alleviation to consolidate the achievements, although they have got off poverty.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 7, 2018
Shandong Province: This year, Shandong will achieve the target of lifting 172,000 people out of poverty. Shandong Province recently issued the Guidelines on Winning the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Battle in Three Years. According to the Guidelines, the Province will achieve the task of lifting 172,000 registered impoverished people and 2000 major provincial poor villages out of poverty, and make sure 2.531 million people who have got off poverty can continuously benefit from the policies before their progress can sustain, and help the 68 remaining villages among 7,005 registered poor villages get rid of poverty.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 10, 2018
Jiangxi Province: We have trained 450,000 officials in two years for winning the battle against poverty. Jiangxi Province recently made the Guidelines on Enhancing Training of Officials for Winning the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Battle. It is stated in the Guidelines that from 2018 to 2019, the province will complete the training programs for a total of 450,000 officials, including party and government leading officials, industrial department officials, officials of poverty alleviation system, officials for one-to-one support, and officials of poor villages. The province aims at developing a team of officials who know how to alleviate poverty and give supports, and maintain excellent conduct.
Source: jxnews.com.cn August 5, 2018
Hebei Province brought jobs for 900,000 people through developing rural tourism, which has lifted 150,000 people out of poverty. According to the provincial Commission of Tourism Development of Hebei, a total of 1,650 villages of 630 towns in 120 counties have developed rural tourism, bringing jobs for 900,000 people and lifting more than 150,000 people out of poverty. The Province plans to increase the incomes of 50,000 impoverished people through developing tourism by the end of 2020.
Source: china.com.cn August 10, 2018
Shanxi Province confirmed Youyu and other two counties have got rid of poverty. An official from the provincial Poverty Alleviation and Development Office said, according to the relevant measures on poverty exit mechanism by both central and provincial government, since the beginning of 2018, Youyu county, Ji county and Zhongyang county have gone through the procedures of application, city and provincial investigation, result disclosure and finally special inspection by the central government. These counties have achieved the poverty exit standard and officially got rid of poverty.
Source: Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2018
Hubei Province greatly advances poverty alleviation through science and technology. The expert team has signed contracts with 17 cities and prefectures. Recently, the 2018 Hubei Province Promotion Meeting on Targeted Poverty Alleviation through Science and Technology was held in order to enhance poverty alleviation through science and technology, industrial development and education. In the meeting, the provincial expert team of poverty alleviation through science and technology signed one-to-one support contracts with 17 cities and prefectures.
Source: cnhubei.com August 9, 2018
Anhui provincial government recently issued a notice of confirming that Yuexi County, Qiaocheng District, Huaiyuan County and Mengcheng County are no longer poverty counties. It is mentioned in the notice that according to the relevant provisions, the national poverty county Yuexi has gone through the procedures of application, city and provincial investigation, result disclosure and finally special inspection by the central government. As for provincial poverty counties of Qiaocheng, Huaiyuan and Mengcheng, these counties have gone through the procedures of application, city and provincial investigation, result disclosure. They all achieved the poverty exit indexes and formally shook off poverty.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 10, 2018
Sichuan Province actively gives full play to the leverage of taxation in order to advance the battle against poverty. A few days ago, Sichuan Province released the Opinions on Advancing Poverty Alleviation through Playing the Leverage Function of Taxation. It is stated that the government will strictly implement preferential tax measures which are made to advance poverty alleviation, and enhance supporting policies and services on work, projects and enterprises of poverty alleviation to create a favorable tax environment for poverty alleviation.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 2, 2018
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will use unemployment insurance fund to advance poverty alleviation. The Regional Human Resources and Social Security Department and Financial Department jointly issued a Notice on Using Unemployment Insurance Fund to Support Poverty Alleviation. It is required in the Notice that the local governments should give full play to the function of unemployment insurance to support targeted poverty alleviation in destitute areas. Meanwhile, it is also clearly stated in the Notice that the Region will bring the regulation and subsidy function of unemployment insurance into full play to make sure that the unemployment insurance fund can steadily function in the destitute areas and all the preferential measures can be strictly implemented.
Source: hhhtnews.com August 2, 2018
Public Poverty Alleviation and Charity News：
Chinese e-commerce suppliers launched a poverty alleviation league which will firstly give supports to 340 impoverished counties throughout the country. Guided by the Electronic Commerce and Information Department of Commerce Ministry, China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation recently initiated the Chinese E-commerce Poverty Alleviation League. The league will commit to developing quality agricultural products, promoting the sales of agricultural products and facilitating the production and process of the products, which will eventually help people in poor areas get rid of poverty and live a better life.
Source: cyol.com August 3, 2018
By the end of the first half of 2018, China Development Bank has already allocated loans of 13 billion yuan to the coordination of poverty alleviation between the east and the west, helping the registered poor people in the western areas get out of poverty through increasing their incomes. Next, the Bank will take the industrial coordination of poverty alleviation between the east and the west as its priority. It will take advantages of the coordination, its own capital and talents and the resources in poor areas to enhance the development of major enterprises and improve the industrial development level in the western areas. The bank will also innovate its financial products and services, and consolidate the financial collaboration between the east and the west.
Source: xinhuanet.com August 1, 2018
Sponsor: International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
Organize：China Institute for Poverty Reduction, Beijing Normal University
Contact: Xu Liping 84419659
Email: xuliping@iprcc.org.cn