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to change the
long-standing
situation of the state being
the only provider of social service in our country and to
solve various problems in the lives of the people, our city
has
endeavoured to promote community services in districts,
streets and
formulated
neighbourhood committees since 1986.
We have
on
the
the *1985-1988 Three-Year Plan
Development of Social Welfare Network in the City of
Beijing" and the "1989-1991 Development Plan on Community
Services in the City of Beijing." The former three-year
plan has basically been completed.
A range of
multi-functional service facilities has been initially
established. Systematic services managed in a socialised
form is established on the basis of streets and supported
by neighbourhood communities. All 105 streets in the city
have joined in the social welfare network, i.e. having one
factory, one hone, one
institute, four stations (welfare
factory, home for the
children, activities station for the elderly and disabled,
work therapy station for mental patients, service station
for families of
elderly, institute for disabled
of revolutionary
servicemen and martyrs and
comprehensive
services station). In order to satisfy the
particularly
various needs of residents of the community
those who are our civil administration targets, we have set
up a total of 3,185 different service items at the street
level under the principle of get more done on less money.
Among which there are 65 homes for the elderly and care
centres for the elderly, 870 comprehensive service stations
for the
elderly.
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elderly and 247 activities stations for the
There are also 109 schools for residents and