China News Service, August 26. The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on State Council policies on August 26. Yang Yinkai, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at the meeting that in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant The department established a price subsidy linkage mechanism in 2011, and revised and improved it three times in 2014, 2016 and 2021.

All localities have established and improved the price subsidy linkage mechanism accordingly, and actively carried out work such as the issuance of temporary price subsidies, which has effectively alleviated the impact of price increases on the basic life of the poor.

From March to June 2020, the State Council decided to implement a phased “standard increase and expansion” for the price subsidy linkage mechanism, doubling the subsidy standard, and at the same time expanding the scope of guarantees, which has the effect of providing help in the snow, and has helped to secure the bottom line of basic people’s livelihood. It played an important role.

According to statistics, since 2020, a total of 31.5 billion yuan of temporary price subsidies have been issued in various places, benefiting 530 million people in need.

(Zhongxin Finance)