Self-developed cooker relieves high-altitude pressure in Xizang
Free, subsidized provision of tailor-made cooking utensils a display of region's effort to improve the livelihoods of residents
The Xizang-made pressure cooker is just the tip of the iceberg for the region in terms of the efforts that have been made to improve people's livelihoods.
The regional government's efforts and investment in lifting social welfare go far beyond the support for making cooking utensils. According to the region's latest government work report, 12.14 billion yuan will be allocated to implement 21 practical measures to make people's lives better this year.
The work report shows subsidies will be raised for students, basic medical insurance, elderly care and disabled services and border residents. Government spending will also go to grassroots heating, high-altitude oxygen supply, the optimization of people's dietary structure and a pilot forest insurance program.
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