China spends more subsidizing the poor
Updated: 2013-02-12 14:11
(Xinhua)
|
||||||||
BEIJING - China's central government is spending more on helping low-income people, rural residents with poor living conditions as well as vagrants and beggars, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said.
Altogether, 87.5 billion yuan ($14 billion) was earmarked from the central coffers as subsistence allowances for the needy in cities and the countryside in 2012, up 16.8 percent year on year, according to MOF data.
Around 44.6 billion yuan was allocated to help 5.6 million rural families renovate their dilapidated houses last year, the expense 163.7 percent higher than that in 2011.
The central government also spent 2 billion yuan in aiding vagrants and beggars, doubling the amount of 2011.
Meanwhile, 11.6 billion yuan was granted as relief funds for 75 million people affected by natural disasters and 2.4 billion yuan was used to support more than 600,000 orphans, according to the MOF.
- Jiangxi tourist attractions obtain investment from central government
- Centralized government procurement saves China billions
- Central government welcomes HKSAR election results
- Central government expands internal selection
- Central government backs Nanjing's Nagoya protest
- MOC tops central government transparency list
- 1.3m to compete for central government posts
- Li Na on Time cover, makes influential 100 list
- FBI releases photos of 2 Boston bombings suspects
- World's wackiest hairstyles
- Sandstorms strike Northwest China
- Never-seen photos of Madonna on display
- H7N9 outbreak linked to waterfowl migration
- Dozens feared dead in Texas plant blast
- Venezuelan court rules out manual votes counting
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
American abroad |
Industry savior: Big boys' toys |
New commissioner
|
Liaoning: China's oceangoing giant |
TCM - Keeping healthy in Chinese way |
Poultry industry under pressure |
Today's Top News
Boston bombing suspect reported cornered on boat
7.0-magnitude quake hits Sichuan
Cross-talk artist helps to spread the word
'Green' awareness levels drop in Beijing
Palace Museum spruces up
First couple on Time's list of most influential
H7N9 flu transmission studied
Trading channels 'need to broaden'
US Weekly
Beyond Yao
|
Money power |