| Some 85 percent of handicapped people
in the Chinese capital have taken up an occupation and all handicapped
urban children capable of studying have entered schools, according
to official sources.
The city has placed greater emphasis on providing rehabilitation
services for the handicapped in recent years, said Zhao Chunluan,
president of the Beijing Disabled Persons' Association.
Over the past five years, more than 100,000 out of the city's total
400,000 disabled people have been rehabilitated to various degrees
and improved their lives. Some 15,000 disabled people in rural areas
have been lifted out of poverty, sources said.
Culture and sports for the disabled have made substantial progress
and the city has been rated first in overall standards related to
efforts for improving the living standards for the handicapped for
three straight years, Zhao said.
The city has worked out 15 laws and regulations concerning the
employment, poverty relief, rehabilitation, facilities and social
security systems for the disabled.
(People's Daily 05/08/2001)
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