Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has established a social security system that covers all the local population, according to a white paper issued by the State Council Information Office Wednesday.
A multi-layered basic social security system with wide coverage is now in place, including old-age insurance, medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance, and subsistence allowances, according to the white paper titled Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang.
Under the national plan to ensure universal access to social security, the actual coverage of basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents in Xinjiang stands above 95 percent. Unemployment, work-related injury and maternity insurance schemes have been extended to cover all occupational groups. All poor people are now covered by basic medical, old-age and serious illness insurance, it added.
Almost all those with the ability to work have been provided with jobs in northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a white paper said on Wednesday.
The document, titled Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang, was released by the State Council Information Office.
Xinjiang has made employment the priority among its measures for improving people s wellbeing. It has provided assistance to people with employment difficulties and zero-employment families to ensure that each family has at least one member in work.
From 2014 to 2020, the total employed population in Xinjiang grew from 11.4 million to 13.6 million, according to the white paper.
2021-07-14 02:30:45 GMT2021-07-14 10:30:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) The gross domestic product (GDP) of northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increased about 160 times in 65 years, a white paper said Wednesday.
The document, titled Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang, was released by the State Council Information Office.
From 1955 to 2020, Xinjiang s GDP soared from 1.2 billion yuan to 1.4 trillion yuan, an increase of about 160 times at constant prices, according to the white paper.
Over the same period, per capita GDP of Xinjiang rose from 241 yuan to 53,593 yuan, growing about 30 times at constant prices, the white paper said. Enditem
2021-07-14 03:30:34 GMT2021-07-14 11:30:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) Xinjiang offers free annual health checkups for every resident, according to a white paper released by the State Council Information Office on Wednesday.
A fund for health checkups was set up in 2016, into which 8.2 billion yuan has been injected to date, so that every resident in Xinjiang can have a free annual health checkup to spot early signs of illnesses, according to the white paper titled Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang. Enditem
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2021-07-14 02:30:48 GMT2021-07-14 10:30:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has seen remarkable improvement in infrastructure building, with the highest number of civil airports in China, a white paper said on Wednesday.
The document, titled Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang, was released by the State Council Information Office.
A total of 22 civil airports have been completed and put into use in Xinjiang, the highest number among all provincial-level administrative units in China, said the white paper. Enditem
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