Government support helps people in need find meaningful work

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Income redistribution seen as urgent task

China should look beyond short-term stimulus and decisively redistribute incomes to expand consumption, especially by transferring more State-owned wealth to the social welfare system, leading economists and policy researchers said. "Policymakers have begun prioritizing bolstering domestic consumption, but a long-term structural reform framework is essential beyond short-term measures," said Chen Yuyu, director of the Peking University Economic Policy Research Institute …

Policy China Social Economic Consumption State Chen

2 weeks, 3 days ago

每日一词 | 人均预期寿命 average life expectancy

China Daily

国家卫生健康委主任雷海潮2025年3月9日在十四届全国人大三次会议民生主题记者会上说，2024年中国人均预期寿命达到79岁，比2023年提升0.4岁。 China's average life expectancy reached 79 years in 2024, which has increased by 0.4 years from 2023, said Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, at the press conference on people's livelihood held during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress on March 9, 2025. We have worked continuously to ensure people's access to childcare, education, …

Health China 人均预期寿命

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每日一词 | 人均预期寿命 average life expectancy

China Daily

国家卫生健康委主任雷海潮2025年3月9日在十四届全国人大三次会议民生主题记者会上说，2024年中国人均预期寿命达到79岁，比2023年提升0.4岁。 China's average life expectancy reached 79 years in 2024, which has increased by 0.4 years from 2023, said Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, at the press conference on people's livelihood held during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress on March 9, 2025. We have worked continuously to ensure people's access to childcare, education, …

Health China 人均预期寿命

2 weeks, 3 days ago

每日一词 | 人均预期寿命 average life expectancy

China Daily

国家卫生健康委主任雷海潮2025年3月9日在十四届全国人大三次会议民生主题记者会上说，2024年中国人均预期寿命达到79岁，比2023年提升0.4岁。 China's average life expectancy reached 79 years in 2024, which has increased by 0.4 years from 2023, said Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, at the press conference on people's livelihood held during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress on March 9, 2025. We have worked continuously to ensure people's access to childcare, education, …

Health China 人均预期寿命

2 weeks, 5 days ago

NPC deputy advocates consumption vouchers for elderly, child care

China Daily

Zhuo Changli, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and head of an agency in Jinan, Shandong province, that specializes in domestic services and care for the elderly and children. Consumption vouchers or subsidies can be provided for families with infants aged 0 to 3 and senior people over 70 years old, said Zhuo Changli, 62, a deputy to …

Services Child Elderly Care Consumption Vouchers

3 weeks ago

Accolades for young volunteers who serve others and serve the country

China Daily

Zhang Zhaohui, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attends a group interview ahead of the second plenary meeting of the third session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 7, 2025. Tens of thousands of young Chinese have served their country by working …

Volunteers Chinese Xinjiang Young Volunteers

1 month, 1 week ago

China sparks row with ‘snail award’ to public-shame ‘underperforming’ workers

Firstpost

A commentary on a party-affiliated website defended the ‘snail award’ by saying, “Through this sarcastic ‘encouragement,’ the awardees can blush and sweat and refresh their minds” A woman sits on the Bund near Huangpu river as she looks on the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China. File image/ Reuters Underperforming government workers are being handed out ‘snail awards’ for …

China Award Snail Award Underperforming Workers

1 month, 1 week ago

Care centers improve elderly life quality

China Daily

Li Ailing presents one half of a traditional couplet to a resident at the Xingfuhui community care center in Jinyuan district of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, before this year's Spring Festival. "I am willing to dedicate the rest of my life to understanding every elderly person and to understanding our own aging selves," said Li, director and founder of Xingfuhui community …

Elderly Care Shanxi Center Xingfuhui

1 month, 1 week ago

Care centers improve elderly life quality

China Daily

Li Ailing presents one half of a traditional couplet to a resident at the Xingfuhui community care center in Jinyuan district of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, before this year's Spring Festival. "I am willing to dedicate the rest of my life to understanding every elderly person and to understanding our own aging selves," said Li, director and founder of Xingfuhui community …

Elderly Care Shanxi Center Xingfuhui

1 month, 1 week ago

Care centers improve elderly life quality

China Daily

Li Ailing presents one half of a traditional couplet to a resident at the Xingfuhui community care center in Jinyuan district of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, before this year's Spring Festival. "I am willing to dedicate the rest of my life to understanding every elderly person and to understanding our own aging selves," said Li, director and founder of Xingfuhui community …

Elderly Care Shanxi Center Xingfuhui Quality Li

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brewing fresh opportunities for people with disabilities

China Daily

Xinhua Updated: 2025-02-12 XINING — Sometimes as he makes an Americano, 20-year-old barista Zheng Hong fumbles or pauses out of uncertainty, but far from being annoyed, the customers and assistants offer him warm smiles and encouraging words. Zheng works at a cafe in Xining, capital of Qinghai province, which provides job opportunities to people with mental disabilities. Wang first encountered …

Special Education Disabilities Zheng Wang Cafe Qinghai Mental Disabilities

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brewing fresh opportunities for people with disabilities

China Daily

XINING — Sometimes as he makes an Americano, 20-year-old barista Zheng Hong fumbles or pauses out of uncertainty, but far from being annoyed, the customers and assistants offer him warm smiles and encouraging words. Zheng works at a cafe in Xining, capital of Qinghai province, which provides job opportunities to people with mental disabilities. Wang first encountered people with mental …

Special Education Zheng Wang Cafe Qinghai Mental Disabilities Disabilities Xining

1 month, 3 weeks ago

All-out rescue efforts underway after Sichuan landslide

China Daily

Disaster responders search for trapped residents at the landslide site in Yibin, Sichuan, on Sunday. ZHUANG GE'ER/FOR CHINA DAILY As of 11 am on Sunday, 949 rescuers, along with over 200 sets of emergency equipment, such as excavators, trucks and ambulances, have been deployed in the rescue mission, according to the command center of emergency rescue for the landslide. To …

Rescue Landslide Yibin Told

2 months ago

Tech gains in Shanxi set pace for steady future

China Daily

Women in Taiyuan socialize at a community elder care center. In 2024, Shanxi made progress in child and elder care, assistance to the disabled and employment drives, according to the government work report. Fu Lijing, a deputy to this session of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, and a worker from a steel company in Yuncheng city, said she is proud …

Care Shanxi

2 months ago

Shanghai unveils 47 livelihood projects to enhance residents' well-being in 2025

China Daily

In a bid to address the pressing concerns of its residents and enhance their overall quality of life, Shanghai has recently announced a comprehensive plan comprising 47 projects aimed at improving various aspects of people's livelihood. With a long-standing commitment to addressing the most crucial and practical issues faced by the public, Shanghai has already successfully implemented over 1,100 livelihood …

Care Projects Shanghai 2025 Livelihood

2 months ago

Shanghai unveils 47 livelihood projects to enhance residents' well-being in 2025

China Daily

In a bid to address the pressing concerns of its residents and enhance their overall quality of life, Shanghai has recently announced a comprehensive plan comprising 47 projects aimed at improving various aspects of people's livelihood. With a long-standing commitment to addressing the most crucial and practical issues faced by the public, Shanghai has already successfully implemented over 1,100 livelihood …

Projects Elderly Care Shanghai Unveils

2 months, 1 week ago

Deputy seeks more support for disabled in autonomous region

China Daily

China Daily Updated: 2025-01-22 Tenzin Ngodrub, a deputy to the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Congress, has called for increased support for disabled individuals, emphasizing improved subsidies and job training. Tenzin Ngodrub, founder of the Gangkar Township Disabled National Handicraft Professional Cooperative, arrived that afternoon with 58 staff members and trucks carrying aid supplies worth over 900,000 yuan. During the five-day …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Deputy seeks more support for disabled in autonomous region

China Daily

Tenzin Ngodrub, a deputy to the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Congress, has called for increased support for disabled individuals, emphasizing improved subsidies and job training. Tenzin Ngodrub, founder of the Gangkar Township Disabled National Handicraft Professional Cooperative, arrived that afternoon with 58 staff members and trucks carrying aid supplies worth over 900,000 yuan. During the five-day relief mission, Tenzin Ngodrub …

Yuan Individuals Disabled Individuals Disabled Shigatse Tenzin Dingri

2 months, 1 week ago

Ningxia aims for 5.5% GDP growth in 2025

China Daily

The third Session of the 13th People's Congress of the region opened on Sunday in Yinchuan. Ningxia Hui autonomous region plans to achieve a GDP growth of 5.5 percent and a 6 percent growth in per capita disposable income for all residents in 2025, said Zhang Yupu on Sunday while delivering the government work report at the opening ceremony of …

Region Yinchuan Ningxia Ningxia Hui

2 months, 1 week ago

China building childbirth-friendly society

China Daily

BEIJING -- With improved hospital maternity services, toddler care centers, "mom posts," and birth subsidies, China is building a more childbirth-friendly society. "The services offered by birth-friendly hospitals, especially 24-hour labor pain relief, will surely reduce my fear of childbirth," said a 32-year-old woman surnamed Bu. Similarly, a food manufacturer in Sishui County in east China's Shandong Province has introduced …

Childcare China Children Services Birth Care Birth Subsidies

2 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s biggest headache now: Youths overqualified but underemployed

Firstpost

China’s jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds excluding students, dropped to 17.6% in September from 18.8% in August, according to official data released on Tuesday this month, providing some relief after youth unemployment reached record highs for two consecutive months. China’s employment crisis highlights broader economic challenges, underscoring the urgent need for structural reforms to meet the aspirations of its highly educated …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Universities open subsidies for students affected by earthquake

China Daily

Rescue workers carry out a search and rescue in Changsuo township of Dingri in Shigatse, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Jan 7, 2025. Many domestic universities have opened up special subsidy channels for students from the earthquake-hit areas in Xizang autonomous region. As of 3 pm on Tuesday, a total of 95 individuals have been confirmed dead and 130 others …

Students University Student Xizang Xizang Autonomous Region

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Incentives to benefit young Macao adults

China Daily

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov 24, 2024 shows a community in Hengqin, Zhuhai city, South China's Guangdong province. In 2021, the Chinese central authorities decided to build the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai city, making the island an important new growth point for Macao's economy. The latest policy to boost employment for Macao youth in the …

Zone Guangdong Measures Young Adults Macao Hengqin Macao Youths

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Friendship across the Pacific overcomes ruthless natural disasters

China Daily

As people from across the world celebrated the New Year, a chartered cargo plane loaded with 35 tons of emergency relief supplies landed in Port Vila on January 2, 2025. On December 21, Chinese Ambassador to Vanuatu Li Minggang met with Caretaker Prime Minister Salwai and handed over 100,000 dollars in emergency humanitarian cash assistance provided by the Red Cross …

China Natural Disasters Emergency Local Water Pacific Island Pacific

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Friendship across the Pacific overcomes ruthless natural disasters

China Daily

As people from across the world celebrated the New Year, a chartered cargo plane loaded with 35 tons of emergency relief supplies landed in Port Vila on January 2, 2025. On December 21, Chinese Ambassador to Vanuatu Li Minggang met with Caretaker Prime Minister Salwai and handed over 100,000 dollars in emergency humanitarian cash assistance provided by the Red Cross …

China Emergency Local Water Earthquake Pacific Island Chinese

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shanxi sees significant progress in rural vitalization

China Daily

In 2024, North China's Shanxi province witnessed continuous upgrades in top-notch agriculture, further modernization of agriculture, and new advancements in creating livable, business-friendly, and beautiful rural areas. The province has seen the addition of six new national-level and 133 provincial-level leading agricultural enterprises, established a new advantageous mutton sheep industry cluster, and developed two modern agricultural industrial parks and five …

Shanxi Province Agricultural

3 months ago

UP government women welfare schemes that go an extra mile: CM Kanya Sumangala Yojana to 181 Helpline

India TV News

The Yogi Aditynath-led Uttar Pradesh government, in a bid to ensure safety and to enable women in every aspect, has introduced several welfare schemes under the Department of Women and Child Development. These measures towards the empowerment of women in Uttar Pradesh include Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Uttar Pradesh Rani Laxmi Bai Women and Children …

Women Welfare Schemes Uttar Pradesh Kanya Sumangala Yojana Mile Cm

3 months ago

Shanxi healthcare reform yields positive results

China Daily

In recent years, North China's Shanxi province has implemented various healthcare reforms, which have yielded positive results and continuously enhanced the people's well-being. Policies for inpatient care have been improved, with average reimbursement rates reaching around 80 percent for employee medical insurance and 70 percent for resident medical insurance. Efforts have been made to integrate and streamline online and offline …

Healthcare Service Shanxi Province

3 months ago

Free health checkups for the blind in Beijing

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2024-12-24 A launch ceremony for assisting blind people with health checkups takes place in Beijing. A launch ceremony for the "Assisting Blind People with Health Checkups" initiative took place in Beijing last Saturday, a joint effort by the China Association of Persons with Visual Disabilities, Ciming Health Checkup Management Croup Co Ltd, a leading Chinese healthcare company and …

China Beijing Blind Health Checkups

3 months ago

University students urged to use scholarships 'wisely'

China Daily

As students across China receive their annual State-level scholarships and financial aid, universities are urging them to use the funds responsibly and avoid excessive spending. Several universities, including Hunan University of Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology and Baoding University of Technology, have issued public statements encouraging students to prioritize tuition, accommodation, textbooks and daily necessities over …

Students Financial University Financial Aid State Aid Funds

3 months, 1 week ago

A better society through voluntary work

China Daily

For Wan Shiyu, a 20-year-old social work major at Wuhan University of Technology in Hubei province, voluntary work goes beyond her studies — it represents a commitment by young people to social development and mutual care through selfless devotion and compassion. From Dec 1 to 3, Wan joined thousands of students from across the country at the seventh China Youth …

Children Team Project Young People Rural Revitalization Guangdong Wan

A better society through voluntary work

China Daily

A volunteer in the Xingxinxiangyin project plays basketball with a boy with autism. From Dec 1 to 3, Wan joined thousands of students from across the country at the seventh China Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition and Volunteer Service Exchange Meeting in Shantou, Guangdong province. Wan's voluntary project, named "Xingxinxiangyin", which provides rehabilitation services for children with autism, was selected …

Children Work Team Project Young People Rural Revitalization Guangdong

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese man reunites with millionaire parents after 26 years, rejects wealth to stay humble

Hindustan Times

Bollywood fans are no strangers to stories of destitute protagonists discovering they belong to wealthy families. In a real-life tale reminiscent of a movie plot, a young man from China spent most of his life as an orphan, only to discover his affluent roots years later. In China, a kidnapped boy reunited with his wealthy family after 26 years, staying …

China Chinese Millionaire Family

3 months, 3 weeks ago

China paves the way for easier living for people with disabilities

China Daily

BEIJING -- China had supported approximately 1.18 million families with disabled members in renovating their homes to incorporate barrier-free facilities by the end of November this year, according to the China Disabled Persons' Federation. From 2021 to 2023, China helped almost 1.24 million disabled children receive rehabilitation services. By the end of 2023, China had established 12,463 rehabilitation centers employing …

China Disabled Children

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Emergency response system eases fears of elderly in Shanghai

China Daily

A worker serves a senior customer at a community canteen in Gongzhuling city, Jilin province, on Nov 22. ZHANG NAN/XINHUA A 24-hour emergency response system has allowed 91-year-old Chen to feel safe anytime of the day despite living alone in Shanghai. Integrated in-home and community care is likely to be the dominant model elderly people in China will choose for …

China Elderly Care Jilin Chen Last Year

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Emergency response system eases fears of elderly in Shanghai

China Daily

A worker serves a senior customer at a community canteen in Gongzhuling city, Jilin province, on Nov 22. ZHANG NAN/XINHUA A 24-hour emergency response system has allowed 91-year-old Chen to feel safe anytime of the day despite living alone in Shanghai. Integrated in-home and community care is likely to be the dominant model elderly people in China will choose for …

China Elderly Care Jilin Chen Last Year

China's ageing population fuels 'silver economy' boom, but profits can prove elusive

New Indian Express

HONG KONG: Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms of the African drum she plays there in a classroom filled with fellow retirees whose hands move in unison, every beat lifting her spirits. “To love ourselves.” Many older Chinese are looking beyond traditional nursing homes, afraid of abandonment …

China Services Care Chinese Beijing Older Older Adults

4 months ago

Woman returns crowdfunding donations for sick son

China Daily

A woman from Huoshan county of Liuan city, Anhui province, has returned all the money donated through a crowdfunding platform for her son, who was sick with acute leukemia five years ago, Wuhan-based Jimu News reported. "Now we have made it through the toughest days, so we returned the money to donors with gratitude," Hu, the boy's mother said. Shuidichou, …

Money Her Son Crowdfunding Platform Woman Returns

4 months ago

Woman returns crowdfunding donations for sick son

China Daily

A woman from Huoshan county of Liuan city, Anhui province, has returned all the money donated through a crowdfunding platform for her son, who was sick with acute leukemia five years ago, Wuhan-based Jimu News reported. "Now we have made it through the toughest days, so we returned the money to donors with gratitude," Hu, the boy's mother said. Shuidichou, …

Money Her Son

4 months, 1 week ago

WIC highlights digital empowerment in Huzhou's rural development

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Nov 22, 2024 Wusi village in Deqing county, Huzhou, Zhejiang province, shares its digital transformation during the 2024 World Internet Conference. The just-concluded 2024 World Internet Conference featured an exhibition of the transformative power of digital technology in rural development, with Wusi village emerging as a standout example. Sun Guowen, Party secretary of Wusi village, presented the …

Digital Village Huzhou Wusi Village Wusi

4 months, 1 week ago

China issues guideline to promote employment for migrant workers

China Daily

BEIJING -- China will further promote high-quality and sufficient employment for migrant workers and facilitate their urbanization process, according to a guideline published on Friday. China will work to enhance working skills of migrant workers, safeguard their labor rights and interests, and improve the long-term mechanism for controlling arrears of wages, according to the guideline. The country will promote the …

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Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

Top News

4 months, 1 week ago

Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

China Daily

The skyline of Beijing. There are signs of a "V-shaped" recovery in the Chinese economy with a raft of policy support measures taking swift effect and more spending plans in the pipeline to consolidate the momentum, experts at national think tanks said. Dong Shaopeng, an advisory committee member of the Securities Association of China, said that by advancing investment projects, …

Policy China Dong Trillion Yuan Policy Support Support Measures

4 months, 1 week ago

China steps up efforts to get seniors involved in grassroots volunteer programs

China Daily

China has made new progress in optimizing civil services in recent months and is making efforts to let more elderly get involved in social management by encouraging them to join grassroots volunteer programs. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Wednesday that it has stepped up efforts to encourage seniors with better educational backgrounds to join volunteer programs in less-developed …

Volunteer China Civil Services Program Social Management Volunteer Programs

4 months, 1 week ago

Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

China Daily

There are signs of a "V-shaped" recovery in the Chinese economy with a raft of policy support measures taking swift effect and more spending plans in the pipeline to consolidate the momentum, experts at national think tanks said. Dong Shaopeng, an advisory committee member of the Securities Association of China, said that by advancing investment projects, the ongoing round of …

Policy China Dong Policy Support

Top News

4 months, 1 week ago

Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

China Daily

The skyline of Beijing. There are signs of a "V-shaped" recovery in the Chinese economy with a raft of policy support measures taking swift effect and more spending plans in the pipeline to consolidate the momentum, experts at national think tanks said. Dong Shaopeng, an advisory committee member of the Securities Association of China, said that by advancing investment projects, …

Policy China Dong Trillion Yuan Policy Support

Top News

4 months, 1 week ago

Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

China Daily

The skyline of Beijing. There are signs of a "V-shaped" recovery in the Chinese economy with a raft of policy support measures taking swift effect and more spending plans in the pipeline to consolidate the momentum, experts at national think tanks said. Dong Shaopeng, an advisory committee member of the Securities Association of China, said that by advancing investment projects, …

Policy China Dong Policy Support Yuan Debt

Top News

4 months, 1 week ago

Policy support driving V-shaped recovery in Q4, experts say

China Daily

By Zhou Lanxu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-20 14:59 The skyline of Beijing. There are signs of a "V-shaped" recovery in the Chinese economy with a raft of policy support measures taking swift effect and more spending plans in the pipeline to consolidate the momentum, experts at national think tanks said. Dong Shaopeng, an advisory committee member of the Securities …

Policy China Dong Policy Support