SSL-CCT: Country Presentation_PRC

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Xu Na

The Minimum Living Security SystemIn China


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Outline

1.Foreword

2.Background3.Financial sustainability

4. Problems and experience


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1.Foreword

In recent years, the PRC government has madea lot of efforts to improve people's livelihood,and achieved remarkable results.

Social assistance system is formed by : The minimum living security system in urban

and rural areas

Medicaid

Othe special relief programs


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2. Background

The minimum living security system is a new

social relief system in Chinese mainland.

Definition: Unconditional cash transfer

payments by goverment to the poor families.The beneficiary family's per capita income

must lower than the local minimum living

standard.

The system is based on family economic status

survey.


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2. Background

Set -up Time Part 1: the urban minimum living security

was estabished in 1997.

Part 2: the rural minimum living securitywas built in 2007.

The system belongs to the government freesalvation.Regardless of social status, age,

religion, education degree, only the per capitahousehold income is less than the localminimum living standard ,you can apply theassistance.


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2. Background

Scale of beneficiary

As of the end of December

2012, the total beneficiary

persons are74.83millions,

taking up 5.5% of the

country's total population.

There's 21.42 millions urban

residents and 53.41 millionsrural residents receive the relief

from this system.

paperwork of an urbanmunimum living

security

resident in Yunan


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2. Background

Implement institutions

This program is implemented by government.The

Local governments operate and manage the

prgram,and assume the fiscal responsibility.

Generally speaking,the bureau of civil affairs

undertake the daily management missions.Most of the

beneficiaries receive the cash assistance through thelocal banks in every month.


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2. Background

How long can the poor enjoy this cash transferpayment?

As long as possible,only the per capita household staybelow the local minimum living standard .

Dynamic Management : The tragets of the minimumliving allowance are undergoing dynamic change.

When the per-captia income of a household withentitlement increases,the minimum living allowance

will decrease correspondingly,if it exceeds the localminimum living standard,the household will bedeemed as no longer eligible;if the per-capital incomeof the household falls,the allowance will be increased.


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2. Background

How to get the cash transfer payment? 1st, send an application to local government,take a

family as a unit .

2nd,accept the investigation of economic to ensurethe per-capita income is below the basic living

allowance standard published by the local

government,and the financial conditions of the

household meet relevant conditions stipulated by it .

3rd,through door-to-door interview ,community

review,and publish the information ,local goverment

determines the recipients.


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2. Background

the rural residents receive their

minimum living allawance

the publishment


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3.Financial sustainability

1.Mode of financing

The Central Government set up the minimum

living security subsidy system. In urban areas,it is

carried out in 1999, while the system in rural isimplemented in 2007.

The Central Government covers more than 61%

of total financial expenditure .

The local goverments cover about 39%.

However .these percentages are nou fixed.


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Form1: 2011 central and local financialinvestment table in social security

project

name

Total financial

investment

(

Cental Finance

Local Finance

(

amount % amount % amount %

social-

assistance1833.96 100.00 1187.33 64.74 646.63 35.26

Unit: 100 million YUAN


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2.Financial resources

A. per -capita GDP : according to the data from

National Bureau of Statistics,in 2012,the GDP inmainland reachs 51.9 trillions Yuan. While ,the

total population is 1.3billions. So the per-capita

GDP is more than 6,100 US Dollars.


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B. Growth of GDP:(datas from the NBS)Form: 2009-2012 the growth of GDP in PAC

Year Total GDP

(100 million Yuan)

Rate of growth(%)

2009 335,353 8.7

2010 397,983 10.3

2011 471,564 9.2

2012 519,322 7.8


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C. The percentage of TAX/GDP data from the MOF of PACyear total tax gross

(100 million

yuan )

total GDP

(100 million

yuan)

tax/GDP %

2010 73,202 397,983 18.39

2011 89720 471,564 19.03

2012 100,600 519,322 19.37


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3.Current financial investment

In 2012the total investment is 132.6 billionYuan,including 63.5 billion Yuan for urbanresidents and 69.1 million Yuan for rural residents.


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1.Problems a.Co-ordinate the development in urban and

rural ,reduce the gap of minimum living standard

between urban and rural while the east and the

west .

b.improve the security level to meet the poverty's

needs.

c.resolve issues related to inflation. d.improve the work -method


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2.Experience a.Direct cash transfer payments explored a new way

to reduce poverty.A lot of practice proved that this

way is more effective than those project support

/infrastructure construction .

b.Community review and publish the applicants'

basic information in a certain range can help us to

reduce the error rate of social assistance,and the

rate of targeting of cash-transfer.


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