Western Development | Tackling Rural Poverty | Focus on Migrant Workers | Disaster Prevention & Relief | International Cooperation

						Rural Poor to Get Extra 7b Yuan in Subsidies Central and local governments will plough more than 7 billion yuan into the rural subsistence allowance system this year, a senior official said yesterday. Western Development ■ WB to Improve Access to Water, Sanitation in West China ■ Research Throws Light on Lives of Rural Poor ■ Remote Border Regions to Be Developed ■ More Talents Cultivated for West Region's Development ■ Go West, More Opportunities There ■ IFAD Program Goal: Eradicate Poverty in Xinjiang More… Tackling Rural Poverty ■ Farmers' Income Grows 11.4% in First Nine Months ■ Ecological Compensation Urged for Western Farmers ■ Gov't to Help 148,000 Villages Out of Poverty in 5 Years ■ China to Reward Farmers for Having Fewer Children ■ China's Largest Property Insurer to Set Up Agriculture Arm ■ China Makes Strides in Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas More… Urban Issues Urban Migration to Get a Boost Program Launched to Extend Medical Insurance End in Sight for Poverty in Beijing-Tianjin Belt Urbanites Employment Creates 11.84m Record Bad Urban Planning Scrutinized in Cloud of Dust 30% of Urban Jobless Are Youth Under 35 More… Focus on Migrant Workers ■ 10m Migrants Move to City, Farmland Swap ■ Hebei: On-line Job System Help Rural Jobseekers ■ Songs, Kisses and Sweat on Labor Day of Migrant workers ■ 60% of 'New Urban Migrants' Return Home Once a Year ■ 62 Migrant Workers in Shanghai Hospitalized by Contaminated Food ■ Beijing Offers Free Vaccinations to Migrant Workers More… Education ■ US$6.5 Bln for Students from Poor Families ■ Volunteer Brings Music and Light to Remote Village School ■ Hebei: On-line Job System Help Rural Jobseekers ■ Gates Offers US$3 Software for Students ■ China Spends More on Rural Education ■ Elementary School near Nu River More… Health ■ Gene Center Offers Hope for Separated Families ■ Drug Approval Controls Tightened ■ Jailed with HIV -- a Struggle Against Despair ■ Nation Hosts First-ever Epilepsy Day ■ Belgian Princess Participates in Planting Ceremony ■ Voluntary Blood Donors Honored More… Disaster Prevention & Relief ■ Tibet Innovates to Eradicate Poverty ■ Gov't to Rebuild 2 Mln Houses Destroyed by Disasters ■ E China Province Gripped by Drought ■ Geological Disasters Up 449% in First Nine Months of 2006 ■ China Prepares to Improve Disaster Response and Relief Capability ■ Natural Disasters Kill 2,309 in First Nine Months More… ICT for Development ■ People, Organizations Rewarded for Spreading Science Among Farmers ■ China Mobile's Subscribers Reach 274 Million ■ High-tech System to Monitor Disappearing Land ■ Farmers Weighing up Benefits of GM Cotton ■ Broadband Helps Connect Remote Villages ■ China Steps up Efforts to Bring Internet to Outlying Rural Areas More… Working with the World Bank ■ International Assistance for New Railway Projects ■ Global Trade Financing Deal Signed ■ WB Assists Sichuan in Urban Function Improving ■ WB to Lend China US$4.5 Bln Over Three Years ■ WB Sees China's Economy Grow 10.4% This Year ■ WB Gives Loan of US$1.455 Bln to China in Past Year More… International Cooperation ■ Vice Premier Suggests Enhanced Collaboration Between China and World Bank ■ British Aid Program Benefits TB Patients in SW China ■ China Donates 180 Solar Water Heaters to Zimbabwe ■ China Ready to Implement UN Millennium Development Goals ■ Nation Fulfils Its Obligations in Rescue Work ■ ADB to Finance Highway Improvements More… Projects ■ Spring Bud Project ■ Project Hope More… Policies & Regulations ■ China to Revise Law Interpretation on Differentiated Personal Injury Compensation ■ Wen Hears Farmers' Concerns on 11th Five-Year Plan ■ Rights of HIV/AIDS Patients Spelt Out ■ China Abolishes Agricultural Tax Three Years Ahead of Schedule ■ Needy People Happy with Govt's Charity Program ■ Regular Govt Relief for 50 Million Poor More… Back Home Back to China's War on Poverty
			Developing modern agriculture is the Chinese government's top priority in building a new socialist countryside, according to a document jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. Eighteen children pose for a picture at a village in Ziyun Miao and Buyi Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, January 22. Among them, twelve children's parents left the village to work in big cities in coastal areas. Chinese farmers saw their net incomes grow to 3,587 yuan ($460) last year, representing the third consecutive year of 6 percent year-on-year growth. Global Conference on Reducing Poverty - Shanghai Conference Unveils Agenda for Poverty Reduction - Shanghai Agenda on Poverty Reduction - China Promises Common Prosperity for All People Poverty Reduction Reports China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Annual Report 2001 BBS China's War on Poverty Links China Development Gateway National Bureau of Statistics of China China Charity Federation (CCF) China Youth Development Foundation Planet Finance China Minstry of Civil Affairs (in Chinese) China Poverty Alleviation Network (in Chinese)

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