Life of the Town

The life of the urban and rural residents improved of continued form and reached to the standard of life modestly accommodated. In the same measurement that took place the economic growth, it remarkably increased the level of income of the urban residents, thanks to the improvement, on the part of the State, of the system of basic guarantee of subsistence for the displaced workers of the state companies, the system of unemployment insurances and the system of guarantee of the minimum level of life of the urban residents. On a par, they increased in the appropriate measurement the wages of the personnel of the administrative organisms and the public institutions. In 2000, 6.280 the urban income per capita were of yuanes, for a real increase of the 6,4 percent in relation to the previous year. Due to the reduction of the agricultural production, the prices of the majority of agricultural products still stay at low levels, and the increase of the entrance of the peasantry decelerated in continuous form. In 2000, the net entrance by rural resident was of 2.253 yuanes, for a real increase of the 2,1 percent. In addition, the enter effective money was of 1.640 yuanes, number that represented a real increase of 4 percent. The conditions of house of the residents improved continuously. In 2000, to 510 million squared meters of houses in the cities and towns, and 850 million squared meters of houses in the countryside were constructed. The septenal plan of aid to the 80 million poor inhabitants was completed basically.

The services of social security held fast and improved. At the end of 2000, in all the country, 104,08 million workers in good condition had been gotten up to the unemployment insurance and 1,37 million people received the unemployment insurance monthly; 103.67 retired million employees and workers and 31,73 million of had been gotten up to the insurance of the oldness; 43.32 million employees and workers had participated the insurance of basic the medical aid.

The social welfare underwent a new qualitative jump. To the closing of the year, China had 1.120.000 beds in the diverse types of establishments of social welfare, and gave shelter to 843.000 needed. In the cities and towns 201.000 facilities had settled down on watch communitarian, including 8.101 centers on watch communitarian. In all the cities and towns the system of guarantee of the mini standard of life had settled down, of which 7,01 million rural and urban residents were beneficiary. In 2000 the ticket sales of lottery of social welfare totalized 6.890 million of yuanes, for a total of 1.430 million of yuanes dedicated to the social welfare. The donations for this intention reached 3.270 million of yuanes.