POVERTY REDUCTION BRIEFING 2013-I

I. China Poverty Reduction and Development Research Institute established:government does poverty alleviation research jointly with university.On the afternoon of March 5, the China Poverty Reduction and Development Research Institute was established in Guizhou University of Finance and Economics.Set up by the university jointly with the Poverty Alleviation and Development Office of Guizhou Province, the institute is dedicated to research on poverty and
development theories, evaluation of the poverty alleviation and development policy performance and more international collaboration in anti-poverty efforts. The China Poverty Reduction and Development Institute will compile four documents annually,namely the Guizhou Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Report (Blue Book),the Guizhou Industrialization Poverty Alleviation Performance Evaluation Report, the Guizhou Provincial Special Funds for Poverty Alleviation Usage and Effect Evaluation Report, and the Proposal Plan for Guizhou to Strengthen International
Collaboration in Anti-poverty Efforts.
Source: China News ， 05-03-2013
II. China’s input to poverty alleviation and development in 2012 further increased: all forms of investments in poverty alleviation from the central budget amounted to 299.6 billion yuan, 31.9% up from the previous year.Twenty-eight provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities set aside special budgets for poverty reduction, totaling 14.78 billion yuan. The central government directly invested 1.898 billion yuan (including goods converted into money) as relief
fund for poverty reduction in certain places, and helped introduce 9.034 billion yuan worth of funds in various forms. According to statistics, the target population of rural poverty alleviation dropped by 23.39 million last year to 98.99 million, or 10.2% of the population with rural household registration. By the end of 2012, the State Council had approved 11 regional development and poverty alleviation plans for all regions with special difficulties that lie in vast and contiguous stretches. The plans covered all the key counties in the national development-oriented poverty reduction program for the first time.
Source: www.chinagate.cn ， 05-03- 2013
III. Guizhou Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Kezhi vowed to lift all the nine million poor people of the province out of poverty in the next eight years.The poverty-stricken population in Guizhou was reduced by one million in 2012. On
March 12, Guizhou Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Kezhi said to the reporter: “We are confident that we will be able to lift the present nine million poor people in Guizhou out of poverty in the next eight years.” In Guizhou, population with an annual income below the poverty line of 2300 yuan is 11.49 million, 11.6% of the country’s total. Of the 11.49 million poor people, two million are to be lifted out of poverty through eco-migrations, 1.7 million have lost work abilities and need the
government’s long-term support, and the remaining 7.8 million are the target population of poverty alleviation through development.
Source: the China Daily reporter station in Guizhou ， 12-03-2013
IV. Ministry of Water Resources issued the “National Special Plan about Water Resources in Poverty-Alleviation Target Areas.”The Ministry of Water Resources drew up and recently issued the “National Special Plan about Water Resources in Poverty-Alleviation Target Areas” to guide the efforts about water resources in poor areas. Based on the outcome of the Conference on Water Resources in Poverty-Alleviation Target Areas held on July 9, 2012, the plan took into consideration the water resource needs of the 13 poverty-alleviation target counties. The plan set forth specific goals of the water resources work in target areas,laid down the principles of “taking people’s wellbeing as the priority, adapting to
local conditions and placing emphasis on effectiveness,” and required that local governments should play the main role and that people’s initiative to participate should be aroused. The plan called for more investment, accelerated construction,enhanced management and quickened reform, all necessary for breakthroughs in the water resources work in poverty-alleviation target areas. To make sure its proposals are fully implemented, the plan put forward several measures, including enhancing management, increasing input to water resources, formulating necessary policies and
tightening supervision.
Source: the Ministry of Water Resources website ， 12-03-2013
V. Wen Jiabao: poverty alleviation subsidy standard raised to 2300 yuan At the first session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress, Premier of the State Council Wen Jiabao reported the government’s work in the past five years. The
government  formulated  and  started  implementing  the  Outline  for Development-oriented Poverty Reduction for China’s Rural Areas (2011-2020),raised the poverty alleviation subsidy standard to 2300 yuan (at constant 2010-prices),
and put more effort into reducing poverty in regions with special difficulties that lie in vast and contiguous stretches. Meantime, a sound subsidy system for grain-growing farmers and a profit compensation mechanism for major producing areas were established. The subsidy standard was raised and its coverage expanded each year.The total amount of subsidies rose from 63.9 billion yuan in 2007 to 192.3 billion yuan in 2012.
Source: China News ， 05-03-2013
VI. Shangrao Economic and Technical Development Zone: barren land turned into breadbasket.The acceleration of industrialization and urbanization created bigger demand for land.Land that the Shangrao Economic and Technical Development Zone applied to the relevant authority for approval to use each year reached 2000 to 3000 mu (133 to 200
hectares), which posed growing tension between economic development and farmland protection. The Shangrao Economic and Technical Development Zone undertook the “reclaiming land, increasing grain production and enriching the people” project. The zone fully tapped the land reserve by intensive, large-scale and reasonable reclamation, and struck a balance between protecting farmland and guaranteeing sufficient land provision for construction. The full and efficient use of land resources effectively eased the tension in land use. In 2012, cultivated land of the zone increased by 1500 mu (100 hectares), saving 31.5 million yuan for the zone. Every reclaimed mu (0.067 hectare) of barren land will help farmers increase income by 800 to 1000 yuan.
Source: www.jxnews.com.cn ， 11-03-2013
VII. State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development: reducing the number of key counties in the national poverty reduction program while investments at province level remain unchanged. In response to the phenomenon that in recent years some “key counties in the national development-oriented poverty reduction program” are not willing to be taken off the list, Fan Xiaojian, director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said that the Outline for Development-oriented Poverty Reduction for China’s Rural Areas (2011-2020) encourages provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government to find ways to
revise the list of key counties according to the actual conditions of relevant counties so as to gradually reduce the number of key counties. The central government won’t cut the total investments to provinces whose key counties are less than before. Fan Xiaojian directly responded to the media speculation that there is no mechanism for a key county to be taken off the list by giving an account of such mechanisms that have been adopted in China.
Source: China Youth Daily ， 12-03-2013
VIII. Poverty alleviation training helped Tibetan farmers and herdsmen increaseincome.Poverty alleviation training for Tibetan farmers and herdsmen include training on practical skills such as crop-growing, livestock raising, and processing, and training for them to be employed in other kinds of jobs, such as driving and catering. The training brought about remarked improvement in poor Tibetan residents’ working skills. Those who took new occupations saw their income go up considerably, and some were lifted out of poverty. In 2012, 10,000 poor Tibetan residents received training and 5,000 of them transferred to new employments in 38 labor transfer programs. The employment opportunities for poor people in Tibet were substantially increased. This year, with 15 million yuan worth of special fund at disposal, Tibet will continue to do well in the training and employment project. Young labor will be the main target of the employment transfer efforts and will be provided with more customized training. It is planned that this year 10,000 poor persons will receive training and 5,000 will be transferred to new occupations.
Source ： Xinhua Net ， 09-03-2013
IX. IPRCC Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei Visited DFID China.March 7, 2013 – IPRCC (International Poverty Reduction Center in China) Deputy Director General Huang Chengwei paid a visit to DFID (UK Department for International Development) China, and held talks with its head Mr. Chris Chalmers on the proposed joint program of “Supporting the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Developing Countries” and other potential areas for future cooperation. Director General Huang briefed Mr. Chalmers on the center’s latest operations, highlighting the exchange, training and research services with potential for cooperation with DFID. The British side showed great interest in three major poverty reduction forums and studies scheduled by IPRCC this year, notably the theme of “urbanization and poverty reduction.” The two sides deliberated on a range of other topics, including key areas for future DFID-China cooperation, and feasibility of poverty reduction collaboration with IPRCC in Asia and other places.
Source: International Poverty Reduction Center in China ， 07-03-2013
X. On March 4, the Poverty Alleviation and Development Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region designated Fangchenggang as the host city for the Seventh China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction,
whose theme will be “Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Development in the Process of Urbanization.”
It is known that the China-ASEAN Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction is an important platform for poverty reduction cooperation between China and the ASEAN countries. In recent years, the city of Fangchenggang has been doing well in speeding up urbanization. It is hoped that the forum will help Fangcehnggang better coordinate urbanization and poverty alleviation, show the new trail of poverty alleviation and development Fangchenggang has blazed in the new era, and also display the outcomes of China’s poverty alleviation work over recent years.
Source: www.gx.xinhuanet.com ， 07-03-2013
Organizer: Beijing Normal University China Poverty Reduction Research Center

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