英语新闻视频 China aims to provide all with healthcare by 2020

The central government has announced its goal of providing everyone in the country with basic healthcare by 2020. It's an ambitious goal for a nation that will have a population of 1.5 billion by then. Making healthcare affordable and easily accessi

2017年CRI Rural tourism helps relieve poverty in China's central, western regions

Hua Quan, a deputy of the 5th annual session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC). [Photo: China Plus/Sun Yang] Poverty alleviation has been one of the hot topics at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC). In China, most o

2018年CRI Chinese government steps up efforts in rural poverty alleviation

New plans have been released for the rural vitalization strategic program, which is designed to implement the policies connected to this year's No. 1 central document released by the central government. Han Jun, who heads the Office of the Central Ru

China provides dictionaries for rural students

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Press and Publication has urged further efforts to ensure the accessibility of dictionaries for the students in the country's rural and less-developed areas. The administration's appeal cam

298 mln more rural Chinese to have safe drinking water by 2015

298 mln more rural Chinese to have safe drinking water by 2015 BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- About 298 million more rural residents in China are hopefully to have access to safe drinking water by 2015, according to a water resources official Monday. R

民工分离撕裂中国家庭(Rural Exodus for Work Fractures Chinese

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China to expand rural medical insurance coverage

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China will include more serious diseases in its existing rural medical insurance system in 2013, the Ministry of Health said in an annual work agenda published on Friday. According to the agenda, pilot programs will be la

2018年CRI Chinese leaders underline rural vitalization, high-quality development

Chinese leaders underline rural vitalization, high-quality development Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of development in rural areas of the country while speaking with national legislators from Shandong Province in a panel dis

Urban-rural income gap gets bigger: report

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The ratio of income earned by urbanites to that of rural residents is about 5.2, said a blue paper released by a major government think tank on Tuesday. According to The Urban Blue Book: China City Development Report No.

China widens pension coverage as population ages

SHIJIAZHUANG, July 1(Xinhua) -- China on Sunday launched a campaign aiming to provide pension insurance to all rural residents and unemployed citizens in order to help the country cope with its aging population. We must ensure that the new pension in

CCTV9英语新闻：Urban-rural gap in China

In his report, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said at least 10 million rural residents will be lifted out of poverty this year. And the country will lift 70 million people out of poverty by 2020, according to the draft outline of Chinas 13th Five-Year Pl

CCTV9英语新闻：China's Alibaba expanding into rural market

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced an investment of 10 billion yuan, or 1 and a half billion US dollars, over the next three years, to set up its service in the country's rural areas. This will likely help alleviate poverty. CCTV's Han Pe

Chinese farmers net 150 bln yuan a year from rural tourism

CHENGDU, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Rural tourism in China benefited 15 million farmers who earn at least 150 billion yuan (23.81 billion U.S. dollars) a year, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Sunday. By the end of 2011, China has at least 1.5 millio

China to support renovation of rural rundown homes

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government said on Saturday it will subsidize 4 million poor rural households through a pilot scheme to renovate their dilapidated houses in rural areas this year. Subsidies allocated by the central government

China, Africa gather to discuss rural development

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Officials and delegations from China and African countries have gathered at a seminar being held in Beijing to discuss rural development and economic growth. The seven-day seminar kicked off on Sunday, attracting represen

China to check implementation of agriculture law

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will start a new wave of inspections on the implementation of its Law on Agriculture in September. Five inspection teams, organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)

China to improve rural students' nutrition

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China plans to build enough school canteens to provide safe and nutritional meals for all primary and junior high school students in impoverished rural regions by 2015. According to a circular, jointly released Saturday by

China earmarked 4.5 bln yuan for rural teachers in 2012

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China allocated 4.5 billion yuan (715.5 million U.S. dollars) to teachers in rural areas working for compulsory education in 2012, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Saturday. The money subsidizes teachers that serve in

China subsidy mechanism drives rural projects construction

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's central and local governments had invested 105 billion yuan (16.6 billion U.S. dollars) in its award and subsidy mechanism for village-level public projects by 2011, and around 985,000 public projects were built in

2016年CRI E-commerce Improves Living Standards in Rural China: Political Advisers

Mr. Zhang is a farmer living in northeast Beijing's Pinggu District. Farming in the past was mostly weather-dependent. After harvest, the only thing I could do was just wait for buyers. Sometimes I grew too much, and the vegetables rotted in the fiel