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Eliminating Agricultural Tax
In order to improve the lives of farmers and lessen their burdens, the Chinese government introduced a significant Act, eliminating agricultural tax starting January 1, 2006. This monumental Act officially ended the two thousand years of continued agricultural taxation and brought about the most tangible benefits to the lives of farmers after years of reducing and deducting agricultural taxes.
Government Provides “Five Securities”
Starting
March 1, 2006, a new “Five Securities for farmers Regulation” was
implemented. According to the regulation, the poorest farmers are now
included in the government’s financial support program, receiving free
care and support in five categories such as food, clothes,
accommodation, medications and funerals. Previously, these costs were
shared amongst farmers. With the new regulations, the poor farmers are
able to enjoy the modern day social securities from the government.
Providing Free Obligatory Education to
Farmers Within 2 Years
In order to help the children from the poor families in the west countryside to receive education, the Chinese government decided to provide free education to them beginning in the spring semester of 2006. Furthermore, the government even pays for the textbooks of students from the poorest families and subsidizes the living expenses for boarding students. The policy will be implemented in all the countryside nationwide from 2007. Regarding this plan, some of the education experts comment that “Reducing and eliminating education costs for students from the countryside so that the children from the poor families are able to go to school and to receive good education will have long term impact on these children, the children’s children, as well as the development of the agriculture and the whole country’s economy.”
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New Medical Insurance in the Countryside
It’s been a common problem that farmers are not able to afford medical care. To solve this problem, the Chinese government took two measures. The first is to reform the medical system lowering the cost of medicine and medical care. The other is to enforce medical insurance for low-income citizens, promote the new insurance policy widely in the countryside, and thus increase the expenses covered by insurance. Therefore, farmers can enjoy the benefit of medical insurance by paying only a small amount of money.
Building a New Countryside
Recently, the Chinese government established new regulations to “build a new countryside”. The goal of the “new countryside” is to increase “productivity, prosperity, civilization, cleanness and democracy”. The government also plans to assist farmers currently scattered in the remote poor areas to move to the “new countryside” in order to reduce the gap between the cities and the countryside.
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Subsidizing Rice Farmers
In both years 2004 and 2005, the government gave out cash to subsidize rice farmers through various financial institutions, showing that it truly cares about the basic lives of the farmers and is sincere about solving practical problems for them.
Protecting the Farmer’s Salary
In recent years, the government implemented a series of laws to
severely punish employers who delayed salary payments to farmers. Thus,
helping the victims of these tardy employers reclaim their salaries. The
government also established laws in relation to minimum wages, medical
care, work-related injuries and accidental death, pension, maternity
leave and child education, and more. These laws protect farmers’ basic
rights and therefore, improved their living standard.
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