中外减贫信息摘要
Poverty Reduction Briefing
2019. No. 7(Mar. 1-10, 2019)
State and Ministerial Policy News:
During the Two Sessions, President Xi Jinping attended the deliberations, which all themed on “poverty alleviation”, respectively with delegations from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Gansu, Henan and Fujian Province. He pointed out that the symbol of realizing a moderately prosperous society in all respects is to lift all rural poor and impoverished counties out of poverty. Thus, we should forge ahead with clear direction, whole efforts and professional integrity. To win the battle against poverty, we should take more effective measures and do better work focusing on problems such as industrial development, migrant workers’ employment, infrastructure construction and public services.
Source: cctv.com Mar 10, 2019
As he delivered the government work report, Premier Li Keqiang noted that we should make solid progress in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization and move closer to completing the tasks of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. We will continue to prioritize the development of agriculture and rural areas, strengthen both poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, and ensure that the poverty alleviation goals are achieved and rural living standards reach the level of moderate prosperity in all respects according to the plan, and take multiple measures to beat poverty with precision alleviation.
Source: xinhuanet.com Mar 5, 2019
The State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development: By 2020, the income of impoverished households should reach 4,000 yuan. At the news conference for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress, Liu Yongfu, the director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, said that there are strict standards and procedures for poverty alleviation. Only when the absolute poverty rate of population has reduced to 2% below for the central region and 3% below for the western region, can the impoverished counties or villages officially exit from poverty. By 2020, the impoverished households should have no worries about food and clothes, and enjoy basic medical insurance, compulsory education and safe housing with their incomes reaching about 4,000 yuan.
Source: china.com.cn Mar 7, 2019
Office of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the notice on trade matching for agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas. It is stated in the notice that the local governments should focus on local and high-quality agricultural products from poor areas, especially the destitute areas such as contiguous poor areas and “three regions and three prefectures ( The “three regions” refers to Tibet, four prefectures of southern Xinjiang—Hotan, Aksu, Kashi, and the Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu, and the areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces with large Tibetan populations; the “three prefectures” are Liangshan in Sichuan, Nujiang in Yunnan, and Linxia in Gansu.)”, further promote the trade matching of these products, and improve their sales in cities, thus advancing the battle against poverty.
Source: toutiao.com Mar 3, 2019
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: More than 6 million registered impoverished households complete the renovation of their dilapidated houses by March 2019. At the work conference, the Ministry pointed out although substantial progress has been made in the renovation of dilapidated rural houses, departments at all levels still need to prioritize housing safety. During the implementation of renovation, all departments should strengthen cooperation and clarify their own responsibilities to provide safe houses for impoverished households as scheduled.
Source: xinhuanet.com Mar 8, 2019
Local Poverty Alleviation News:
Hebei Province will finish the task of reducing the poor population by 327,500 during 2019. Hebei released the Implementation Opinions on Prioritizing the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas and Advancing Rural Revitalization Strategy. With a focus on absolute poverty, the province will make sure that a population of 327,500 poor people in 13 poverty-stricken counties and 1,448 villages will be lifted out of poverty to achieve regional poverty alleviation.
Source: chinanews.com Mar 7, 2019
In 2019, Shaanxi Province will increase the funds for poverty alleviation through science and technology by 20% to support destitute counties (districts), focusing on the common technical problems that restrict industrial development in these areas. The province will continue the system of science and technology commissioners, and expand support for poverty alleviation through science and technology through measures such as launching demo projects to encourage the widespread use of advanced technologies, improving the informatization of agricultural science and technology popularization system and improving the service of agricultural science and technology innovation platform.
Source: sxdaily.com.cn Mar 1, 2019
Sichuan Province will lift all poverty-stricken counties in Tibetan areas out of poverty in 2019. Sichuan Provincial Party Committee recently issued the No.1 document of Implementation Opinions on Prioritizing the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas and Advancing Rural Revitalization Strategy. During 2019, the province will lift 500,000 impoverished people and 31 poverty-stricken counties out of poverty, realizing that all the poor counties in Tibetan areas exit from poverty and securing a decisive breakthrough in poverty alleviation in Liangshang Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Source: chinanews.com Mar 7, 2019
Yunnan Province helped 180,000 people from mountainous areas get rid of poverty through “Little Water Network”. By innovating the management mechanism of water conservancy in farmlands of mountainous areas, Yunnan has implemented a project of building 145 "Little Water Network" projects, which connect mountainous villages through pipes and canals for sharing water sources. Over the past two years, the project has helped 180,000 poor people shake off poverty and increased the per capita income by 1,450 yuan.
Source: Xinhua News Agency Mar 4, 2019
The rural poverty rate in Hainan Province decreased from 3.9 percent in 2017 to 1.3 percent in 2018. With a total of 150,000 rural people out of poverty, the impoverished rural population dropped to 70,000 with the poverty reduction rate reaching 67.6%, making the fastest rate of rural poverty reduction in Hainan Province for recent years. Since 2015, the disposable income of farmers in poor areas in Hainan has experienced double-digit growth rates for four consecutive years. The income growth rate of rural residents is higher than the average of farmers throughout the province, with income gaps continuously narrowing.
Source: xinhuanet.com Mar 4, 2019
In 2019, Liaoning Province will finish the task of lifting 135,600 people, 147 villages and 5 provincial-level poor counties out of poverty. By 2020, the per capita income of rural population in poor areas is projected to double more than that of 2010, with the growth rate higher than the provincial average level; and the registered impoverished households living below the current poverty line should be stably ensured with enough food and clothes, basic medical insurance, compulsory education and safe housing.
Source: Shenyang Daily Mar 4, 2019
In 2019, Heilongjiang Province will continue to promote special treatment for serious diseases such as the "Bright Poverty Alleviation Project" for rural poor people. The kinds of diseases included in the treatment list should be increased from 9 to 25, and the task of establishing one to two key specialties in each of the 28 poverty-stricken county-level hospitals should be finished. The government should ensure 90% of diseases of the poor people can get treated in the county-level hospitals, and the reimbursement rate of their medical costs increase to 90%, so as to firmly advance the health poverty alleviation.
Source: Heilongjiang Daily Mar 1, 2019
Lanzhou, Gansu Province initiated “Poverty Alleviation through Noodles”: The city will train thousands of chefs skilled in making noodles and open hundreds of noodle restaurants. In recent years, Lanzhou beef noodle industry has advanced the integration of “noodle economy” with targeted poverty alleviation through measures of project cooperation, skill training and labor service export. This year, Lanzhou is implementing the project of “100 restaurants with 1,000 people”, which plans to open 100 restaurants in three years and offer jobs for 1,000 people, creating a Gansu characterized way of “poverty alleviation through noodles”.
Source: chinanews.com Mar 8, 2019
A total of 695,800 impoverished people have been relocated from the poor areas in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi plans to relocate 710,000 registered impoverished people during the 13th Five-Year Plan, and now 98% of them have been relocated. To help the relocated people adapt to their new life as soon as possible, Guangxi took action of “one policy for one household”, “one support for one household” and “one file for one household”, strengthened employment training for relocated households and provided support policies to promote industrial development, and built a batch of workshops for poverty alleviation in the relocation sites with the establishment of schools, hospitals and agricultural markets as well.
Source: xinhuanet.com Mar 7, 2019
Public Poverty Alleviation and Charity News:
China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued the Notice of Banking and Insurance Industries Doing a Good Job in Serving Rural Revitalization and Advancing Poverty Alleviation to solve the issues relating to agriculture, rural areas and rural people and financial services for poverty alleviation. The Notice clarifies the requirements of growth rate and incremental assessment for inclusive agricultural loans and those for targeted poverty alleviation, and advocates continuous growth of the loan balance for targeted poverty alleviation. The growth rate of loans in deeply impoverished areas should be higher than the average of the province (district and municipality) where it locates.
Source: chinanews.com Mar 8, 2019
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