China News Service, January 30 (Xinhua) The Ministry of Civil Affairs held a regular press conference on the 30th to introduce the situation of relief work for people in need this winter and next spring. Wu Zengfeng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and deputy director of the General Office (International Cooperation Department), said at the meeting that we will continue to carry out four-pronged measures including the "Send Warmth in Cold Winter" special relief operation to do a good job in providing assistance to people in need this winter and next spring.
Wu Zengfeng briefed the meeting on the relevant situation of relief and assistance work for people in need this winter and next spring:
Comprehensively implement social assistance policies such as subsistence allowances and temporary assistance. We will implement the State Council's "Opinions on Strengthening the Dynamic Monitoring of Low-income Population and Carrying out Stratified and Classified Social Assistance" and strengthen the application of the low-income population dynamic monitoring information platform. Encourage qualified places to issue relief funds in advance during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival, or issue additional one-time living subsidies. Increase the intensity of temporary relief, implement policies and measures such as direct temporary relief and small-amount advance relief in areas where emergencies occur, and improve relief efficiency. Guide local governments to combine the second batch of thematic education to carry out extensive investigation and visit activities, guide social forces to carry out activities such as sending warmth, focus on strengthening visits and care services for special groups such as decentralized support for extremely poor people, and serve the needy people with heart and soul Do practical things and solve problems. Guide relevant provinces to pay close attention to heating relief work, issue heating subsidies in a timely manner, provide cotton-padded clothes, quilts, fuel and other cold-proof materials, and work with relevant departments to reduce and reduce heating bills for families in need to ensure that people in need do not freeze in winter and spend the winter and holidays safely and warmly.
Since the beginning of winter in 2023, heating assistance has benefited a total of 4.851 million households in need, and 1.91 billion yuan has been spent. In view of the recent snow and ice disasters in central and eastern my country and earthquake disasters in Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces, we have promptly guided relevant provinces to strengthen social assistance and strengthen the overall coordination and connection with the rescue policies for disaster victims. Basic life after the implementation of emergency relief and transitional relief still has difficulties. The masses will be included in the scope of social assistance in a timely manner.
A special rescue operation to "provide warmth in the cold winter" to homeless and beggars was carried out in a solid manner. Convene a special deployment meeting to guide various localities to promptly activate emergency plans according to weather conditions, proactively strengthen coordination and linkage with public security agencies, urban management and law enforcement and other departments, focus on "key periods, key areas, key groups", and work together to conduct street inspections and persuasion Work. Strictly implement the 24-hour duty system for rescue management agencies, extensively collect help clues provided by township (street), village (neighborhood) committee cadres and sanitation workers, bus taxi drivers, night security personnel and other grassroots and social forces, and carry out emergency response as soon as possible Rescue. Guidance is given to places where conditions permit to use community service centers and other places to open temporary rescue sites so that people in distress can seek help and escape the cold nearby. During the special operation, civil affairs departments and rescue management agencies across the country dispatched a total of 437,000 street patrols, dispatched nearly 152,000 rescue vehicles, distributed 135,000 items of various cold-proof items and food, and rescued 195,000 temporarily trapped people. This effectively ensures that homeless people, such as beggars and other temporarily trapped people, can spend the winter safely and warmly.
We will do a good job in providing care and assistance to the elderly with special needs. Guide all localities to accelerate the implementation of the "Guiding Opinions on Carrying out Visiting and Care Services for the Elderly with Special Difficulties" based on actual conditions, and carry out visiting and caring services for the elderly living alone, empty nests, left-behind, disabled, severely disabled, and families with special family planning needs, and provide timely understanding and Help coordinate and solve the difficulties of the elderly, prevent and reduce the safety risks of home care, and realize that there is help around and responses to problems. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out Central Financial Support for Centralized Care Services for Disabled Elderly Persons with Financial Difficulties", which included the completely disabled elderly people living in subsistence allowance families into the scope of basic security and supported their stay in nursing institutions to obtain long-term care services.
Implement policies and measures related to child welfare and rights protection. Promote the high-quality development of child welfare institutions through optimization, innovation and transformation, realize the integrated development of parenting, medical care, rehabilitation, education and social work, and do a good job in the intensive care of extremely poor minors within institutions. Launch the first batch of pilot projects for the construction of high-quality development practice bases for child welfare institutions across the country, and guide various localities to implement the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Mental Health Care Services for Children in Difficulty". Research and formulate policies and measures related to the care and protection of migrant children. Guide all localities to implement the "Three-Year Action Plan for Improving the Quality of Care Services for Left-behind Children and Children in Distress in Rural Areas" and comprehensively improve the quality of care services for left-behind children and children in distress in rural areas.
Wu Zengfeng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to provide assistance to people in need this winter and next spring from the following aspects:
The first is to guide all localities to fully implement the State Council's "Opinions on Strengthening the Dynamic Monitoring of Low-income Population and Implementing Stratified and Classified Social Assistance Work" issued by the State Council, and strengthen and expand the application of the low-income population dynamic monitoring information platform. We will do a solid job in basic living assistance such as subsistence allowances and special poverty relief, strengthen emergency social assistance, focus on people who are affected by the disaster and have difficulties in basic life, and include all those who meet the conditions into the scope of social assistance.
The second is to continue to carry out the special relief operation of "Sending Warmth in Cold Winter" to further consolidate work responsibilities, increase relief efforts, and improve service capabilities, so that people in need can truly feel the warmth of the party and the government and the care of society.
The third is to strengthen visitation and care services, and guide various localities to carry out "party building + elderly care services", develop elderly canteens, build "rural happiness homes", "young elderly people" pair with "old people", go to the countryside three times, mobile service teams, etc., focusing on Caring services will be carried out around the health status, life security, living environment, fire safety, elderly care needs, family care and special circumstances of the elderly with special difficulties to effectively prevent safety risks in home care.
The fourth is to promote the protection of the rights and interests of migrant children and left-behind children, guide all localities to carry out monitoring and investigation of migrant children and left-behind children, guide all localities to continue to promote and implement in-depth actions to improve the quality of care services for rural left-behind children and children in need, strengthen care services, and keep the bottom line of safety , and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of children.