(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council: To ensure that Hubei completes poverty alleviation as scheduled

  China News Agency, Beijing, April 24 (Reporter Huang Yuqin) Chen Hongbo, director of the Department of Policies and Regulations of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council of China, said in Beijing on the 24th that in response to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the state will continue to increase efforts to support Hubei ’s poverty alleviation efforts to ensure that Hubei is completed on schedule Get rid of poverty and tackle tough tasks.

On July 24, the Chinese State Council ’s Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism held a press conference in Beijing to introduce the situation of strengthening the assistance work for the rural poor. Chen Hongbo, director of the Department of Policies and Regulations of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council of China, said at the meeting that in response to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the state will continue to increase efforts to support Hubei ’s poverty alleviation efforts to ensure that Hubei completes its goal of poverty alleviation. China News Agency reporter Zhang Xinglong photo

  The joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference on the same day to introduce the situation of strengthening the assistance work for the rural poor.

  Chen Hongbo said at the press conference that Hubei is the region with the most severe epidemic outbreak of New Coronary Pneumonia. The epidemic has a great impact on Hubei's economic and social development and poverty alleviation.

  Chen Hongbo said that in response to this situation, the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council asked relevant departments to study and put forward various support measures.

  In terms of financial support, the central government's special poverty alleviation funds have added a slant support of 800 million yuan (RMB, the same below) to Hubei.

  In terms of labor cooperation, six provinces including Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang were organized to carry out "6 + 1" labor cooperation actions for Hubei to help poor laborers in Hubei go out to work. According to Chen Hongbo, as of April 10, 321,300 poor laborers from Hubei had been sent to the province to work abroad, among which 33,100 poor laborers were transported in a point-to-point way across the provinces.

  In terms of consumer poverty alleviation, the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council instructed Hubei to identify 498 poverty alleviation products with a total commodity value of 7.565 billion yuan, and organized Guangdong and other provinces to purchase special products such as tea and crayfish from Hubei.

  In terms of cooperation between the East and the West in poverty alleviation, Hangzhou City has invested 388 million yuan in financial assistance funds in Enshi Prefecture this year. On the basis of the allocation of funds, it is ready to increase another 25% to reach a total of about 500 million yuan.

  "In the next step, we will continue to increase our support for Hubei's poverty alleviation, urge and guide Hubei to base itself on its own reality, increase its strength, ensure that the remaining tasks are completed, and consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation. In short, ensure that Hubei completes the goal of poverty alleviation as scheduled." Chen Hongbo said. (Finish)