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Ningbo ranks high in China for the causes of the disabled

Category: Charity Ningbo
Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:41

An law implement inspection group of the NPC Standing Committee led by Huang Zhendong, member of the standing committee of the National People's Congress made an inspection of Ningbo on June 19. Huang Zhendong said, in the causes of the disabled, Zhejiang is among the best in China and Ningbo is among the best in Zhejiang.

In the inspection group are Tang Xiaoquan, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and vice chairman of China Disabled Persons' Federation and some deputies to the People's Congress. Liu Qi, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Ningbo, Wang Yong, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Song Wei, Secretary of the Party Group of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal People's Congress met with the inspection group members. Su Limian, Vice Director of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal Congress, and Ma Weiguang, Vice Mayor of Ningbo, made a work report to the inspection group.

On the morning of June 19, The inspection group held a meeting in Nanyuan Hotel, listening to the report of Ningbo's implement of the Law of the People's Republic if China on the Protection of Disabled Persons. So far, over 36,000 disabled persons have participated in the social insurance for urban and rural citizens and about 100,500 disable people in rural areas are insured by the new cooperative medical care insurance for rural citizens.

The law implement inspection group of the NPC Standing Committee fully confirmed the achievements Ningbo has made in the implement of the law. Huang Zhendong pointed out that Zhejiang and Ningbo are high industrialized and that they have done a good job in implementing the law and in the causes of the disabled. He remarked that in the causes of the disabled, Zhejiang is among the best in China and Ningbo is among the best in Zhejiang.

During their stay in Ningbo, the inspection group made a visit to Ningbo Rehabilitation Center and Jiangdong Sunshine Service, an institution that is engaged in services and professional training for the disabled people.