[신화망 베이징 4월7일] On the 6th, the Newspaper Office of the State Council published a white paper, “China’s Action to Alleviate Human Poverty” The white paper has raised the level of income and welfare of the poor through the war on poverty, is not concerned about eating and wearing, compulsory education, basic medical care, and home security are guaranteed, and conditions such as education, medical care, housing, and water are clearly defined. Said that it was improved.
The white paper evaluated that the income level of the poor is constantly rising. Disposable income per capita of rural residents in poverty areas increased by 11.6% on average per year from 6079 yuan in 2013 to 12,588 yuan in 2020, and is increasing faster than that of rural areas in the country, and the rate of increase is 2.3 percentage points higher than that of rural areas in the country. The share of wage income and business income of the poor is rising year by year, the share of previous income is decreasing year by year, and the poor’s ability to escape from poverty by increasing income is increasing.
The white paper revealed that it has solved the problems of eating and wearing, compulsory education, basic medical care, and home safety. The survey showed that poor families do not worry about eating and wearing, can eat full and eat adequate food well, and have clothes to change for four seasons a year and blankets to prevent the cold. The problem of children from poor rural families dropping out during the compulsory education stage has been resolved, and 94.8% of children in poverty prefectures completed 9 years of compulsory education last year. More than 99.9% of the poor have subscribed to basic medical insurance. The poor have a place to receive medical treatment and a doctor, and can be covered by a medical insurance system. The problems of medical treatment and expensive medical expenses were also effectively resolved. Rural dangerous housing renovation has been implemented to enable the poor to live in safe housing. The drinking water safety and water quality improvement project in rural areas has solved the drinking water safety problem of 28.89 million people in the poor, and the amount of drinking water and water quality have reached the standard, benefiting 382 million rural populations. The water supply rate in poor areas has risen from 70% in 2015 to 83% in 2020.
Original text source: Shinhwasa