Poverty alleviation requires the full cooperation of the government and society
Fan Xiaojian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, spoke endlessly about the poverty alleviation work he knows well and cares about, and the other committee members were also very interested and listened attentively. Among them, an example Fan Xiaojian mentioned sparked everyone's discussion.
In Du Fu's poem it is written, “How can I get tens of millions of spacious mansions, to shelter all the poor scholars of the world and make them smile, unshaken by wind and rain, steady as a mountain!” Although the poem expresses Du Fu's own lofty aspiration, in today's society there really is such a group of people working hard for this line of Du Fu's poetry. Some are private charities, and of course government departments are also indispensable, namely government departments such as the poverty alleviation office and civil affairs. Today, the author will talk about the poverty alleviation office.
The poverty alleviation office was originally meant to assist the poor, but in this process a strange phenomenon has appeared: the poorer a person is, the smaller the chance of receiving assistance. Regarding this strange cycle, former director of the poverty alleviation office Fan Xiaojian also gave his own view, which can also be regarded as equivalent to the voice of the government. Director Fan said this is because the poverty alleviation office has limited funds and cannot fund all the money needed for poor households to relocate. Of course, some committee members hope for targeted poverty alleviation, using these limited funds to fully help those extremely poor families that truly need help.
But targeted poverty alleviation does face certain difficulties, for example, exactly which cases are truly poor, and which are truly extremely poor? Relying on local reports may give rise to disputes and hidden tricks. If the poverty alleviation bureau investigates bit by bit on its own, that would require too much manpower and material resources, and with the current manpower, material resources and financial resources of the poverty alleviation bureau, there is indeed great difficulty. In response to such matters, how should the government solve them? How should the poverty alleviation office overcome the difficulties?
In fact, every problem does not necessarily have to be solved internally within government departments; rather, opinions must be widely solicited. That is to say, on some issues more opinions should be listened to from the masses, and one should not shut oneself inside a circle and work behind closed doors. Three cobblers together are still better than Zhuge Liang, and moreover the masses are not just cobblers, nor is the poverty alleviation office Zhuge Liang. Therefore, attentively listening to the opinions of the masses and putting reasonable opinions into practice is what truly means listening to the voices of the masses and putting the people first.
The poverty alleviation office is a department created to even out the gap between rich and poor in the country, and insufficient funds cannot become an excuse. When necessary, poverty alleviation can be carried out on a broad scale entirely through methods such as fundraising and donations. Of course, these processes should all be presented fully and throughout to the masses, so that the masses can promptly understand the progress of matters, and at the same time can supervise those handling them and avoid corruption.
Poverty alleviation is a cross-century project and cannot be completed overnight. Given our country's current actual situation, relying only on the government and relevant departments to alleviate poverty and eliminate poverty is a bit like an ant scratching an elephant's itch, always feeling inadequate to the task. Therefore, many people of lofty ideals in society are also needed to provide help.