Jinnan district sees the fruit of its poverty alleviation work

Jinnan district in Tianjin has reported positive results in its campaign to help less developed regions escape poverty by providing them with resources, investment and skills training.

As of the end of last year, the district had allocated poverty-alleviation funds totaling 350 million yuan($51.17 million), benefiting nearly 130,000 poor people and greatly promoting local economic and social development.

Three counties in Hebei and Gansu provinces have been lifted out of poverty with the support of the district, and Cele county in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be free from absolute poverty by the month's end.

Nearly half of the population, about 1,878 people, are registered as living in poverty in Cele county.

Jinan has introduced concrete work plans to help the county shake off poverty this month. Seven million yuan has been added to create jobs and energize the night-time economy. Enterprises and institutions in the coastal district have also allocated 7 million yuan to the inland county.

Investments of 15 million yuan have been used to support local industrial development and tourism. Jinnan also sends civil servants and professionals to work shoulder-to-shoulder with poor villagers.

To consolidate the achievements that counties have made in the anti-poverty campaign, the district has set up 155 million yuan of financial assistance funds, focusing on living standard guarantees and bolstering local education and medical care.

Deep bonds between Jinnan district and the aided regions have been established, not only at an economic level, but also in other ways. After the outbreak of the epidemic, despite the tremendous pressure it was under, Jinnan district donated medical masks, N95 masks, disinfectant, and other materials worth one million yuan to these poverty-stricken counties. The counties, as thanks, offered 44.8 tons of free apples to Jinnan’s frontline medical workers in the fight against the virus.