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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