Ministry of Civil Affairs: At present, 169,000 orphans nationwide are included

A few days ago, the Central Propaganda Department launched the "China Ten Years of Ten Years · Series Theme Release". The column of the cover news "Picking the Year" will pay attention to the whole process, reporting to China's achievements and changes in the past decade.

Cover Journalist Dai Rui Shao Meng

On September 8, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a press conference on civil affairs work in the new era. Li Baojun, a spokesman for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, introduced at the press conference that as of now, the national raising orphan is 169,000, and the average guarantee standards for concentrated and decentralized support orphans have reached 1728 yuan and 1288 yuan per person per month, respectively, an increase of 77.9% over 2012, respectively. And 83.1%.

Li Baojun said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs actively explored the scope of the expansion guarantee, incorporated 340,000 facts into the institutional guarantee, and incorporated rural left -behind children and dilemma into the care service system. As of now, a total of 55,000 children's supervisors and 667,000 children's directors across the country are normalized to provide care services for children.

Li Baojun, a spokesman for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Picture source: Guoxin Office

In terms of improving the benefits of the elderly, Li Baojun introduced that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has promoted the elderly's elderly allowance, economic difficulties, and service subsidies for the elderly, and the nursing subsidy system of disabled elderly people, and achieved full provincial coverage. As of now, it has benefited 30.695 million, 44.79 million, and 789,000 elderly people, and 702,000 elderly people have enjoyed comprehensive subsidies. Strengthen the guarantee of the elderly in difficulties, and timely incorporate the eligible elderly people in rural areas and disability in a timely manner into the scope of minimum living security. As of now, 14.2 million elderly people have been included in urban and rural minimum insurance, and 3.717 million elderly people have been included in the special support, which has achieved their best guarantees and should be supported. Deepen the reform of public pension institutions, vigorously develop home and community elderly care services, and focus on providing services for economic difficulties, disabled, and semi -disabled elderly people. Establish and improve the care service system for rural left -behind elderly people, strengthen the care service of rural areas, empty nests, and left -behind elderly people to help them enjoy their old age.

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