Research On The Social Expenditure Poverty Relief System Based On Investigation Of Wanrong County Shanxi Province

Expenditure poverty relief system, a new type of relief system, which was putforward in2007by the government, is established to help the poor families due to theexpenditure from illness, education, and housing. The type of expenditure poverty reliefsystem that is a complement to the traditional income-producing poverty relief system,can not only effectively help the poor, but help the poor group with the basic needs oflife who is not qualified to the traditional poverty relief system, thus, can promote thesteady development of the social various aspects, and can provide the possibility toquickly set up perfect social assistance system. Expenditure poverty relief system hasbecome an indispensable part of social relief system in China.This thesis takes the county of Wanrong in Shanxi Province as an example.Through the investigation to the relief mechanism, the number of people, the capitalinvestment and its the proportion of fiscal revenue from Wanrong County’s traditionalrural Five-Guarantee, urban and rural Minimum Living Standard and the new type ofrelief system in recent years, this thesis uses the method of comparison to analyses alarge number of data and analyses the problems of the operating situation about therelief the system, and discovers the problems including the weakness of the Povertyrelief system based on expenditure at the grassroots level, the faultiness of relevantpolicies and regulations, imperfect legislation, the lack of standardization to the objectsof relief, and the shortage of the relief funds investment. These problems not onlyrestrict the operation of poverty relief system based on expenditure, but also seriouslyaffect the social relief effect.According to the operating condition of Wanrong County at the present stage ofpoverty relief system based on expenditure, this thesis mainly draws lessons from thecity of Shanghai which is the first one to start the implementation of poverty reliefsystem based on expenditure, and emphasizes the way of ’act according tocircumstances’. Combined with the existing problems of Wanrong County’s socialassistance, this thesis puts forwards the corresponding measures to improve the system.The main measures include: on the aspect of aid policies, to strengthen the constructionof laws and regulations and develop local implementation plans; on the aspect of therescue work mechanism, to establish the relief object identified mechanism and improvethe supervision mechanism and relief review; on the aspect of relief funds, to increase government investments and encourage non-governmental organizations to play theirpositive social the roles of poverty alleviation.