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Gov't
set to assist needy farmers 06/20/2003
The Chinese Government has decided to arm millions of poverty-laden
farmers with basic knowledge of market economy practices to help
them adapt to competition, according to a senior State Council official.
Vice
President stresses modern long-distance education for farmers' benefit
04/14/2003
Vice President Zeng Qinghong has urged the use of modern long-distance
education as a means to train grass-root cadres and to introduce
new agricultural technology to farmers.
China
to try rural tax reform nationwide in 2003 04/03/2003
The decision to try rural tax reform nationwide this year would
be a major reform to promote development in the countryside, Premier
Wen Jiabao said at a national teleconference on rural tax reform
on April 3.
Chinese
President stresses importance of creating employment, re-training
03/29/2003
Chinese President Hu Jintao on March 29 said the tasks of increasing
employment and helping laid-off workers to find jobs are vital to
the Chinese people's direct interests, to the success of reforms
and to the nation's stability.
'Go-west'
concerns: poverty, ecology 03/10/2003
China's top legislators and advisers vowed to shake off poverty
and at the same time restore the ecological balance in the nation's
"go-west" drive.
Premier
calls for improvements in employment, social security 03/05/2003
Premier Zhu Rongji, in his government work report to the First Session
of the 10th National People's Congress on March 5, called for further
efforts to improve the work of job creation and social security,
emphasizing that governments at all levels should take it as a major
duty.
Tibet
to see increased aid 03/04/2003
LHASA: The central government allocated nearly 300 million yuan
(US$36.1 million) last year for a poverty alleviation programme
in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
New
mayor to help low-income earners 01/20/2003
Meng Xuenong, the former vice-mayor of Beijing, was elected mayor
of the Chinese capital during the first session of the 12th Beijing
Municipal People's Congress, which closed yesterday.
Farmers
target of help 01/09/2003
Top Chinese officials have set the guiding principle for the development
of agriculture in the coming year, by focusing on bringing more
benefits to farmers and narrowing the income gap between rural and
urban areas.
Hu:
Poverty alleviation a high priority 01/06/2003
New measures should be explored to ensure poverty-stricken rural
residents have stable incomes and laid-off urban workers can secure
other jobs, a top official said yesterday.
Farmers'
pension in pipeline 10/15/2002
A new system to provide individual farmers with a pension is now
being drawn up.
State
policy blesses Yanbian 08/05/2002
YANBIAN, Jilin Province: A year ago the Yanbian Korea Autonomous
Prefecture, though located in Northeast China, began to enjoy all
the favourable policies the government usually extends only to its
western areas.
Premier
pushes social security 07/25/2002
Premier Zhu Rongji urged local governments to speed up construction
of a social security network and help with employment and re-employment.
Zhu made the remarks during an inspection tour of northeastern Liaoning
Province.
Family
planning policy helps reduce poverty
07/12/2002
Nearly 220 million Chinese have shaken off poverty during the past
20 years, thanks to the country's family planning policy.
Cities
elevates minimum standard of living allowance 07/09/2002
Residents in China's major cities received higher minimum living
allowances this year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported recently.
China
will allocate US$6.75b on poverty relief in 2002 6/18/2002
The Chinese government will allocate 4.6 billion yuan (US$550 million)
for a basic living allowance program in 2002, twice that of the
2001 allocation. A further 51.2 billion yuan (US$6.2 billion) will
be allocated to subsidize pensions and living allowance for retirees
and laid-off workers.
Government
urges more aid for city dwellers 06/18/2002
The Ministry of Civil Affairs urged local governments to make further
efforts to secure basic living allowances for the urban poor by
the end of this month.
The ministry said some 18 per cent of the 19.4 million urban dwellers
on the list to receive the basic living allowances had not yet been
subsidized as of June 10, down from 28.1 per cent by the end of
April.
Government
to bear main responsibility for rural education: Vice Premier
04/25/2002
Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing says that the government is to bear
the main responsibility for compulsory education in rural China.
Vice-Premier
calls for increased anti-poverty efforts 04/24/2002
Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao has said that reducing poverty will be a
long-term task in China, and may require concerted efforts for generations.
Calls
to boost farmers' coffers 03/19/2002
At the ongoing Fifth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress
(NPC), calls are growing for a stronger impetus to China's non-farming
sectors to spur on the incomes of farmers which have been relatively
stagnant over the past few years.
Poverty
reduction in the west emphasized 03/19/2002
China faces a pressing task of reducing rural poverty and must make
greater efforts to ensure food security, said an official from the
Ministry of Agriculture on March 18.
Legislators
criticize farm fees burden 03/11/2002
Xu Yanlian, a legislator from
East China's Jiangxi Province, said at the weekend that about one-seventh
of her annual income is spent on various fees that she and other
rural residents are charged.
Zhu:
farmers a primary concern 03/16/2002
Premier Zhu Rongji said yesterday that his biggest concern
is improving the livelihood of the country's 800 million farmers,
which must be resolved through agricultural restructuring.
Joint
action in China to help 90 million shake off poverty 02/04/2002
Officials are to beef up campaigns to promote efforts to rescue
the remaining 30 million people languishing below the poverty line.
The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) has pinpointed
destitution as one of the biggest challenges that China faces --
despite the great achievements made by the nation in social and
economic development.
Raising
of farmers' income urgent 12/11/2001
The development of China's
agriculture industry has entered into a new phase as the era of
undersupply has gone.
China
put big money in poverty relief of ethnic minority areas
10/22/2001
For poverty relief during
the years 1994-2000 China had put a total of RMB43.25 billion yuan
in her predominantly ethnic minority impoverished areas in Inner
Mongolia, Guangxi, Tibet, Ningxia and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region in addition to Guizhou, Yunnan and Qinghai Provinces.
Poverty
reduction in the early 21st century 05/2001
In May, 2001, China convened the third Central Conference on Poverty
Reduction and Development, which decided and announced official
implementation of China Rural Poverty Reduction and Development
Program 2001-2010 and made overall arrangements for poverty reduction
and development effort in the early 21st century.
Nation
drafts five-year blueprint 03/06/2001
At the opening of the Fourth
Session of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC) yesterday
morning, Premier Zhu Rongji submitted a report on the Outline of
the 10th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development
(2001-05) for the NPC deputies' examination and approval and for
comments from members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Advanced
technology to ease poverty 12/18/2000
Scientists have been called
on to contribute more to nationwide poverty-relief campaigns over
the next few years by introducing advanced technologies into poor
areas.
China
urges more social opportunities for disabled people 12/13/2000
China Tuesday urged Asian-Pacific countries to provide more opportunities
for disabled persons to participate fully in social life and keep
the momentum to promote the rights and well-being of the handicapped.
Nation
lifts poor from rock bottom 11/18/2000
Hardly any of China's 1.2
billion people now live at what the State recognizes as the lowest
level of poverty, a senior government official said.
Poverty-relief
for women highlighted 07/25/2000
The Chinese Government has adopted a series of special economic
policies to address the unique problems of women in poverty, says
a latest report issued by the National Working Committee on Women
and Children under the State Council.
Poverty
relief calls for new mindset 06/21/2000
Despite government assurance that economic globalization's positive
impact outweighs the negative, fears remain that globalization will
hurt national industry and impede the government's poverty-relief
initiatives.
New
battle on poverty to start in early 2001 05/19/2000
China will continue its efforts to feed and clothe the poor after
its ongoing seven-year poverty-alleviation programme ends next year,
an official said yesterday in Beijing.
Poverty
reduction targets western regions 05/17/2000
China will be focusing its
poverty reduction efforts on its vast western inland regions, a
senior official said yesterday in Beijing.
Jiang
stresses economic reform 03/11/2000
President Jiang Zemin yesterday
called for speeding up economic restructuring and promoting the
nation's economic development.
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