{"id":69380,"date":"2025-12-05T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=69380"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:30:42","slug":"china-spends-35-5-billion-yuan-on-work-for-relief-programs-to-boost-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=69380","title":{"rendered":"China spends 35.5 billion yuan on work-for-relief programs to boost employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"detailContent\">\n<p>BEIJING: Investment from the central government budget toward the work-for-relief programs has totaled 35.5 billion yuan (about 5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, with these programs expected to create more than 1.1 million jobs for the low-income population, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).<\/p>\n<p>The NDRC, China&#8217;s top economic planner, said these programs that incline toward rural areas and integrated urban-rural development have been specifically implemented in small and medium-scale infrastructure projects, such as hardening village roads and alleys, dredging irrigation and drainage facilities, and building water storage ponds.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to boosting local incomes and employment, the programs are enhancing infrastructure and stimulating investment growth in local regions, the NDRC added.<\/p>\n<p>The central government aims to implement over 7,000 work-for-relief programs this year. In implementing these programs, training will be provided to strengthen workers&#8217; job skills.<\/p>\n<p>Work-for-relief programs refer to a support policy in which the government invests in the construction of infrastructure projects, and those who work on such projects receive remuneration, thereby replacing direct relief.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from central government funding support, the NDRC said it is also encouraging local authorities to promote the work-for-relief approach in other important projects. Together, these efforts are expected to create up to 4 million jobs for low-income people in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING: Investment from the central government budget toward the work-for-relief programs has totaled 35.5 billion yuan (about 5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, with these programs expected to create more than 1.1 million jobs for the low-income population, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). 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