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improved dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanisms to prevent people from
falling back into poverty, ensured that assistance policies targeting 160

national-level key counties designated for rural revitalization were put into effect,
and continued to renovate dilapidated housing and make housing more resistant
to earthquakes for low-income groups in rural areas. We strengthened follow-up
support for people who have relocated from inhospitable areas; in policy support
and in allocating resources and funds, we prioritized resettlement areas and

relocated people; and we launched an initiative to improve rural governance in
resettlement areas.
We stepped up efforts in implementing work-relief programs in key projects
and made good use of assistance workshops and rural public-welfare jobs, helping

key groups such as people recently lifted out of poverty and returning rural
migrant workers find jobs in their hometowns or nearby areas. We developed
more rural industries with local features in areas that have shaken off poverty,
with two or three leading industries in every relevant county. We strengthened
employment support and skills training for those recently lifted out of poverty,

with the total number who have secured employment through labor services
reaching 32.78 million by the end of the year, an increase of 1.33 million over 2021.
We continued to encourage purchases of products from areas that have cast off
poverty in an effort to boost local product sales and industries.

3) Rural development was steadily advanced.
We thoroughly carried out rural development initiatives and the five-year
program to improve the rural living environment. We made solid progress in
promoting recovery of resources from livestock waste. In light of the practical
needs of rural residents, we steadily upgraded rural toilets and saw that more than

73% of rural households nationwide now have access to sanitary toilets. We
strengthened efforts in household sewage and waste treatment, bringing the
proportion of villages where household waste is collected and treated to 90%.
We intensified efforts to shore up points of weakness in rural water, power,

and road infrastructure, saw that key tasks for managing and maintaining rural
public infrastructure were carried out, and launched digital village pilots. Now, all
administrative villages have access to broadband connections, 95% of
administrative villages have access to express delivery services, and 87% of the
rural population has access to tap water. We implemented key projects to ensure

that rural roads are well built, managed, maintained, and operated and accelerated

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