www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
China / Society

Projects to lift children out of poverty paying off

By He Dan (China Daily) Updated: 2012-11-21 07:43

Children in poor areas are benefiting from pilot projects to improve education and healthcare, as set out in the country's 10-year poverty-alleviation strategy, top officials said at a seminar on Tuesday.

A year into the State Council's China Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Program (2011-20), which pledged that all levels of government will prioritize child development, work has already started to address key issues, particularly nutrition.

Projects to lift children out of poverty paying off

Wu Run, a 6-year-old girl from a poor family, buries herself among garbage at a residential community in Guiyang, Guizhou province, on Feb 25. Wu Dongjun / for China Daily? 

According to Liu Shuwen, deputy director of international cooperation for the State Council's Poverty Alleviation Leading Group Office, authorities now provide lunch subsidies for more than 26 million rural primary and junior high school students in 680 impoverished counties.

This year also saw 100 counties start providing free nutrition supplements for children aged 6 months to 2 years, he said in a speech to delegates at an international symposium in Beijing on child poverty jointly held by the State Council, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Australian Agency for International Development.

Although gaps remain, further efforts are ongoing to address the issues, he said.

The government's 10-year blueprint set specific goals to boost child development, including ensuring all rural children have access to preschool education by 2020 and gradually improving healthcare services and financial assistance for children suffering from major diseases.

"Promoting children's development is a vital component of China's strategy to eliminate poverty in rural areas," Fan Xiaojian, director of the State Council's Poverty Alleviation Leading Group Office, said in a speech at the symposium, attended by about 200 experts and government officials from 20 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Promoting child development will allow the nation to keep poverty from passing to future generations and, in the long run, will help the nation to realize social justice and improve the quality of its population, Fan said.

China has about 122 million rural people living below the poverty line, meaning they earn less than 2,300 yuan ($369) a year.

The symposium aims to strengthen experience exchanges between China and other developing countries on child poverty alleviation and development, promote cooperation and further improve China's policies.

"China clearly has much experience that it can share with other developing countries in addressing child poverty and development," said Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF China representative. "And it has much that it can learn from others as well.

"This international symposium is a good opportunity and platform. In-depth, substantive exchanges like this help everyone, including UNICEF, keep up on the latest global advances in that vital work," she said.

Yu Jiantuo, a researcher specializing in poverty studies at the China Development Research Foundation, told China Daily that poverty during childhood can impede a person's achievements in education, health and capacity to integrate into society.

Children need special attention and protection in poverty reduction because they are more vulnerable to economic, social and environmental risks compared with adults, Yu added.

He stressed that the government should facilitate NGOs to play a bigger role in creating poverty-free childhoods for more rural children as NGOs can spread information on child development, approach innovation in pilot projects and supervise poverty projects.

Jiao Jian, an associate professor at the School of Child Development and Education at China Women's University, agreed. "Studies have shown that investment in early childhood development generates good output, but only long-term and sustainable investment will guarantee that," Jiao said.

hedan@chinadaily.com.cn


 

Highlights
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: a毛片免费播放全部完整 | 久操免费在线视频 | 国产欧美日韩精品第一区 | 国产一级特黄aa级特黄裸毛片 | 自拍三级 | 波多野结衣在线看片 | 日韩免费黄色片 | 波多野在线播放 | 欧美日韩一区二区在线视频 | 日韩专区亚洲精品欧美专区 | 在线免费观看成年人视频 | 日本中文字幕不卡免费视频 | 欧美亚洲国产精品 | 美女色黄网站 | 精品自拍视频在线观看 | 黄色一级片a| 91碰碰| 日韩中文字幕精品 | 久久91这里精品国产2020 | 欧美色xxxx | 免费观看情趣v视频网站 | 国产三级日产三级韩国三级 | 久草免费资源站 | 欧美人拘一级毛片 | 亚洲国产一区二区三区综合片 | 久久久久女人精品毛片九一 | 欧美另类孕交免费观看 | 欧美另类videosbestsex久久 | 伊人青 | 好吊妞998视频免费观看在线 | 欧美一区二区三区在线视频 | 美女张开腿让我 | 成人免费视频在线看 | 免费岛国小视频在线观看 | 亚州三级| 欧美性巨大欧美 | 亚洲精品在线视频观看 | 伊在人亚洲香蕉精品区 | 黄色毛片视频网站 | 国产精品毛片一区二区三区 | 免费一级片网站 |