Articles about Guangzhou’s urban spirit

In May last year, "66 measures to benefit the people" were introduced, and in August this year, 17 additional measures to benefit the people were introduced as sister policies. Guangzhou's actions to create a civilized city indicate to society that the creation process will be an ongoing process. Pursuing the connection between the government and the people and allowing citizens to fully enjoy the fruits of public services are the goals of Guangzhou in creating a civilized city. After 10 years of establishment, Guangzhou has firmly believed that civilized city and harmonious society are the most comprehensive honorary title of Guangzhou, as well as the most valuable intangible assets and city brand.

Guangzhou, guided by the creation of a civilized city, has formulated a number of major people's livelihood policies in the past two years, the most important of which are the "66 Measures to Benefit the People" launched in May last year and the "Benefits for the People" launched in August this year. The people added 17 articles. Since the implementation of the “66 Measures to Benefit the People” one year ago, the city has issued more than 50 relevant policies to benefit the people. The newly launched 17 additional items to benefit the people cover seven aspects including social security, medical security, new rural cooperative medical care, medical assistance and housing security. It is expected that after all are implemented, the number of beneficiaries will reach approximately 15.48 million.

At the same time, temporary policies to benefit the people are also continuously introduced. At the beginning of last month, the Guangzhou Municipal Government decided that from August to December 2008, the municipal finance would allocate 4.036 million yuan in special funds to continue to provide subsidies to urban and rural subsistence allowances, five-guarantee recipients, members of low-income families in need, and government dependents in welfare institutions. Temporary price subsidy of 25 yuan per person per month. This is the 11th consecutive time that Guangzhou has issued temporary price subsidies to people in need since May 2007.

As of the end of 2007, the number of elderly people over 60 years old in Guangzhou has reached more than 1.03 million, accounting for 13.4% of the city’s registered population. More than 95% of the elderly choose to take care of themselves at home, but in terms of daily care, medical care and spiritual comfort, There are many inconveniences in general.

Considering this actual situation, Guangzhou creatively launched a new service called "Ping An Tong", focusing on emergency call services to ensure normal operation 24 hours a day. In addition to providing emergency assistance services such as calling 110, 120, 119, relatives, and elderly helpers for the elderly, the system can also provide free psychological counseling and other services. The elderly enjoy this kind of service, and the government is the payer of this kind of service. In the first year of operation of the system, the city government will need approximately 5.5 million yuan to purchase services, which is expected to benefit 18,000 elderly people.

As one of the three cities in the country with “dog doctors”, children from the Guangzhou School for the Blind and the elderly at the Shouxing Building Nursing Home are now the happiest “patients”. Jiajia, a child who usually no one wants to talk to, has Down syndrome, but now he is very happy because the "dog doctor" can understand his commands such as "hug" and "sit down" and spend a pleasant time with him time.

In order to listen extensively so that facts can truly reflect public opinion and benefit the people, on June 26, Guangzhou held an event to receive visits from administrative heads at the municipal, district (county-level city), and street (town) levels. The leader first visited 696 groups of people. After receiving the visit, Zhu Xiaodan, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, gave instructions four times in a row; Mayor Zhang Guangning supervised the implementation eight times in the form of meetings and surveys. Within 30 days, all municipal-level cases such as urban demolition and housing security-related housing monetary allocation issues for state-owned enterprises will be 100% answered by the responsible units to the petitioners, and everything will be settled and everything will be answered.

Ten years after its founding, the city is changing, the people in the city are changing, and the city’s spirit is constantly sublimating. "I love Guangzhou" has become the common wish of Guangzhou people.