Poverty Alleviation Funds in Fujian Province
Original, GPIG, 08-02-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the provincial, municipal and city governments allocated 1.06233 billion yuan of special anti-poverty funds, with an increase of 192.25 million yuan over 2012, of which 664.45 million yuan was provincial anti-poverty funds, 70.7 million yuan more than the budget.
A total of 810 million yuan was invested in the renovation of dilapidated houses, of which 560 million yuan was provincial financial funds, 50 million yuan was subsidies for people with disabilities, 195 million yuan was central government’s subsidies for renovation of dilapidated houses, and 50 million yuan was matching funds issued by the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the transportation departments. As for the use of the funds, 686 million yuan was directly issued to poor households and 100 million yuan was subsidies for infrastructure construction in provincial resettlement areas, encouraging the issuance of municipal financial funds of 47.99 million yuan, county financial funds of 190 million yuan, township financial funds of 480 million yuan and self-raised funds of 5.163 billion yuan of the masses.
A total of 6.691 billion yuan was invested in the renovation of dilapidated houses. 2.294 billion yuan of relief funds was directly issued to provincial key counties for poverty alleviation and development, 6.06 billion yuan was issued for credit poverty reduction and 2.29 billion yuan was issued to key villages for poverty reduction. A total of 50 million yuan of small credit loan discount funds was allocated, encouraging the issuance of one billion yuan of bank loans, and 8 million yuan of special funds was issued for the implementation of the Rain Plan.
All kinds of anti-poverty funds were mainly used to support the key counties, key villages and impoverished households for poverty alleviation and development, mainly for the projects of relocation, entire village advancement, labor trainings, industrialization poverty alleviation and microfinance.
First, clarified the usage of the funds. Divided the poverty-relief funds of the province into industrial poverty alleviation funds, ex-situ relocation subsidy funds, subsidized microcredit funds and special funds for poverty reduction training, and clarified the usage of various types of funds to ensure that earmarked funds are used for specified purposes.
Second, made innovations to the fund issuance ways. Based on actual situations, the poverty-relief funds were mainly issued in two ways: First, divided the key counties and key villages for poverty reduction in groups and issued the anti-poverty funds for each group; Second, the subsidy funds were issued directly to the poor households through bank transfer.
Third, strictly followed the procedures for the use of anti-poverty funds. As for the use of all poverty-relief funds, we implemented the project publicity system, established the project responsibility system and standardized the operating procedures to ensure the project quality and efficiency and make them play a positive role in reducing poverty.
Fourth, strengthened supervision and inspection.Poverty alleviation departments at all levels cooperate with the Audit Office to audit the financial anti-poverty funds of the province every other year, the Provincial Department of Finance organizes performance evaluation of major projects every year, the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office organizes annual inspection or sample check on the poverty-relief fund projects and takes the inspection contents as an important basis for the allocation of poverty-relief funds in the whole province.
Original, GPIG, 08-02-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the provincial, municipal and city governments allocated 1.06233 billion yuan of special anti-poverty funds, with an increase of 192.25 million yuan over 2012, of which 664.45 million yuan was provincial anti-poverty funds, 70.7 million yuan more than the budget.
A total of 810 million yuan was invested in the renovation of dilapidated houses, of which 560 million yuan was provincial financial funds, 50 million yuan was subsidies for people with disabilities, 195 million yuan was central government’s subsidies for renovation of dilapidated houses, and 50 million yuan was matching funds issued by the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the transportation departments. As for the use of the funds, 686 million yuan was directly issued to poor households and 100 million yuan was subsidies for infrastructure construction in provincial resettlement areas, encouraging the issuance of municipal financial funds of 47.99 million yuan, county financial funds of 190 million yuan, township financial funds of 480 million yuan and self-raised funds of 5.163 billion yuan of the masses.
A total of 6.691 billion yuan was invested in the renovation of dilapidated houses. 2.294 billion yuan of relief funds was directly issued to provincial key counties for poverty alleviation and development, 6.06 billion yuan was issued for credit poverty reduction and 2.29 billion yuan was issued to key villages for poverty reduction. A total of 50 million yuan of small credit loan discount funds was allocated, encouraging the issuance of one billion yuan of bank loans, and 8 million yuan of special funds was issued for the implementation of the Rain Plan.
All kinds of anti-poverty funds were mainly used to support the key counties, key villages and impoverished households for poverty alleviation and development, mainly for the projects of relocation, entire village advancement, labor trainings, industrialization poverty alleviation and microfinance.
First, clarified the usage of the funds. Divided the poverty-relief funds of the province into industrial poverty alleviation funds, ex-situ relocation subsidy funds, subsidized microcredit funds and special funds for poverty reduction training, and clarified the usage of various types of funds to ensure that earmarked funds are used for specified purposes.
Second, made innovations to the fund issuance ways. Based on actual situations, the poverty-relief funds were mainly issued in two ways: First, divided the key counties and key villages for poverty reduction in groups and issued the anti-poverty funds for each group; Second, the subsidy funds were issued directly to the poor households through bank transfer.
Third, strictly followed the procedures for the use of anti-poverty funds. As for the use of all poverty-relief funds, we implemented the project publicity system, established the project responsibility system and standardized the operating procedures to ensure the project quality and efficiency and make them play a positive role in reducing poverty.
Fourth, strengthened supervision and inspection.Poverty alleviation departments at all levels cooperate with the Audit Office to audit the financial anti-poverty funds of the province every other year, the Provincial Department of Finance organizes performance evaluation of major projects every year, the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office organizes annual inspection or sample check on the poverty-relief fund projects and takes the inspection contents as an important basis for the allocation of poverty-relief funds in the whole province.
