Measures to Eliminate Poverty in Rural Areas in china
2 min readSince 2001，the Chinese government has made sex indicator a component of the poverty monitoring work in rural areas，and stressed that atten-tion should be paid to gender equality in the poverty-reduction work.In recent years，the government has increased its financial input into poverty reduction work.In 2004 alone，12.2 billion yuan was allocated by the central treasury for poverty reduction projects，and local governments also increased their inputs into this field.At the same time，and on the basis of the specific conditions in different areas，they have endeavored to help rural women get rid of poverty by way of provision of small-sum credit loans，la-bor export and pairing-off assistance.During the period from 2001 to 2004，a total of 13.52 billion yuan in small-sum credit loans for rural households was granted from the state poverty-reduction discount loans，and more than half of the money went to women.Since 2001，the Chinese government has taken poverty-reduction proiects in the form of participation of the poor as the main way to“enhance the whole village，”and such proiects now cover 148，000 poverty-stricken villages nationwide.
Help Women Get Rid of Poverty
In recent years，thanks to the support and initiative of the Chinese gov-ernment，women’s federations at all levels have launched，in view of local conditions，the“Poverty-Reduction Action for Women”with provision of small-sum credit loans，poverty elimination group by group，labor export，pairing-off assistance and mutual help between the eastern and western parts of the country as the main contents.The China Population Welfare Foundation has launched“Happiness Proiect”with an aim to help poor mothers.It raises funds to help poor mothers participate in economic and social development，and enhance their health and cutural level.The project of“Love of the Earth，Water Cellars for Mothers，”initiated by the China Women’s Development Foundation，has raised funds for building more than 90，000 rain-water collecting cellars and 1 100 small central water supplyprojects in the water-short northwest part of China，benefiting nearly one milion poverty-stricken people.In addition，women’s federations and other NGOs have tried every means to get international funds and material aid to support the poverty-reduction projects and help women in poverty-stricken areas improve their lot.
