Research on Contemporary Chinese Social Assistance Policies and Practices

Author: Liu Zeng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Social assistance is the direct "safety net" for the poor, including minimum living standard assurance, life assistance for rural special hardship households, rural five-guarantees support, medical assistance, educational assistance, housing assistance, judicial assistance, and other contents. Comrade Liu Zeng's work combines macro and micro perspectives, theory and practice, history and reality, providing a multi-angle and in-depth analysis of social assistance in urban and rural China. From my personal reading experience, the discussion on the evolution of social assistance policies in the book is accurate, the revelation of problems in the operation of social assistance is profound, and the vision for the future of social assistance is feasible. Clearly, these analyses and discussions are highly valuable for understanding the state of social assistance in China and also hold significant policy implications for improving social assistance work. There are still 50 million people in China living in poverty, and how to alleviate and even eliminate poverty is an important task facing governments and society at all levels. Social assistance is the direct "safety net" for poverty, and this book conducts an in-depth study of this social issue.