The National Development and Reform Commission has issued a central investment of 7.3 billion yuan in 2023

According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, in order to implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, the Rural Work Conference and the National "Two Sessions", accelerate the implementation of work-for-relief projects, and drive the employment of the poor to increase their income as soon as possible, since this year, the National Development The Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, has approved a central special investment of 7.3 billion yuan for work-for-relief in 2023, accounting for more than 90% of the annual planned investment scale, and supported more than 20 provinces in the central and western regions to implement more than 2,000 small and medium-sized rural infrastructure construction projects , to increase the proportion of labor remuneration for investment projects in the central budget of work-for-relief to more than 30% of the central funds, and rely on the project to extensively carry out new relief models such as labor skills training, public welfare job development, and quantitative dividends for asset conversion. More needy people, especially those who have been lifted out of poverty in rural areas, people who are prone to return to poverty, and migrant workers who have returned to their hometowns, find employment at home. After the project is implemented, it is estimated that more than 2 billion yuan in labor remuneration will be paid, and more than 200,000 needy people will be attracted to participate in the construction of the project, with an increase of about 10,000 yuan per capita.

In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will further adhere to the original intention of "relief", insist on solving the problem of employment and income increase of the needy masses as the starting point and goal of work-for-relief work, and issue the remaining central budget for work-for-relief in 2023 as soon as possible Domestic investment plans, urging and guiding relevant provinces to speed up the construction of projects, firmly grasping the organization of migrant workers and the distribution of labor remuneration, etc., give full play to the important role of work-based relief in stabilizing employment, ensuring people's livelihood, and promoting development.