22-35 Statistics on Social Relief, Preferential Treatment and Resettlement
(10 000 persons)
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
           
Social Relief
Urban
Number of Persons Receiving Minimum Living 2234.2 2240.1 2272.1 2334.8 2345.6
   Allowance in Urban Areas
Number of Persons Receiving Temporary Relief 234.4 123.0 243.2 227.6 180.1
   in Urban Areas (10 000 person-times)
 Rural
  Number of Persons Receiving Minimum Living 825.0 1593.1 3566.3 4305.5 4760.0
    Allowance in Rural Areas
  Number of Persons Receiving Livelihood Guaranteed 503.3 531.3 548.6 553.4
    in Five Aspects in Rural Areas
       Centralized 138.0 155.6 171.8
       Decentralized 393.3 393.0 381.6
  Number of Persons Receiving Traditional Relief 115.6 75.0 72.2 62.2
    in Rural Areas
 Number of Poor Persons Receiving Temporary 1359.9 963.8 646.0 831.0 546.4
    Relief in Rural Areas(10 000 person-times)
Preferential Treatment and Resettlement
State Entitled Groups  460.3 462.6 622.4 633.2 630.7
Number of Serviceman and Ex-seviceman Resettled 45.2 42.5 37.3 39.7 39.1
 
Number of Retired Veterans Resettled 1.9 3.2 2.8 2.1 1.9