10.18 mln physically challenged people receive aid in China

Nearly 10.18 million physically challenged people in China have received aid between 2008 and 2012, helping 4.88 million of them to rise above the poverty line, a report said today.
The China Disabled Persons' Federation's report said that the subsidies have helped 31.8 lakh physically challenged people in rural areas over the last five years, with the formation of 5,226 poverty-alleviation bases to help 102,000 people find jobs.
China is maintaining stable development of social security for the disabled, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
More than 2.8 million physically challenged city-dwellers have social insurance and 4.99 million of them have basic medical insurance. The pension insurance system for physically challenged people now covers both rural and urban areas nationwide, the report said.

According to the federation, more than 20 million physically challenged people, both in urban and rural areas, have received social relief, including collective supply and daily life guarantee, in the last five years.