Urban Poverty And Social Security In China

The paper studies the urban poverty and social security in China in the background of widely-spread urban poverty in the world and economic system reform in China. Part one introduces the definition and division of poverty, points out the situation of our country in the present ,compares urban poverty in our country nowadays with that before economic reform and that of other developing countries , concludes that the former is different from the latter two .This part also analyzes the economic significant of urban poverty and affluence on politics and society ,explaining the necessity of alleviating urban poverty. Part two traces for the theories about poverty and illuminates theories approving or protesting poverty , considers that the cause of forming poverty doesn't simply consist in poor people himself with the developing of economic and society and finds it reasonable for the government and society to intervene in poverty . Part three begins with reviewing the relationship between poverty and social security from the occurrence of the latter, analyzes why social security can alleviate urban poverty, comments on the effect of social security content on alleviating urban poverty , and insists that we should treat it objectively and justly. In addition, part three especially combines the cause of deteriorating urban poverty in China with the principle of compensate and points out it's duty bound for the government and society to compensate people who have suffered benefit lost in the reform of economic system reform by consummating social security . Part four introduces urban poverty and social security in America, points out the way of developing social security in the future in China by using its successful experience and lessons and puts forward some suggestion in consummating social security and executing other policies according to the characteristic of urban poverty in our country.