China Focus: China utilizes population data to improve social assistance

by Xinhua writer Wang Aihua

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- An unemployed leukemia patient surnamed Huang in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was relieved to hear that the local government had granted her medical assistance and other temporary help.

Rather than seeking social assistance on her own, Huang was instead contacted by local civil affairs authorities after they reviewed