Students In Poverty-Stricken Areas Supplement 3 Yuan &Nbsp A Day; 26 Million People Benefit From This Autumn.

Premier Wen Jiabao presided over the executive meeting of the State Council on 26 April, and decided to start the implementation of compulsory education in rural areas.

[student nutrition]

Financial year 16 billion subsidy nutrition meal

In order to implement the outline of national education reform and improve the rural students, especially the poverty-stricken areas and families, students with financial difficulties.

(1) pilot projects are carried out in concentrated areas with special difficulties. In accordance with the standard of 3 yuan per student per day, the central government provides nutritious meal subsidies for students in the rural compulsory education stage in the pilot areas.

The pilot scale includes 680 counties (cities) and about 26 million students.

According to preliminary estimates, the national pilot needs about 16000000000 yuan per year, which is borne by the central government.

(two) encourage all regions to focus on poverty reduction, ethnic and border areas, old revolutionary base areas, and so on.

The central government awards prizes.

(three) co-ordinate the pformation of primary and secondary school buildings in rural areas, focusing on the construction of student canteens and improving the students' dining conditions.

(four) raise the standard of living allowance for students living in families with financial difficulties by 1 yuan per student per day, reaching 4 yuan per pupil and 5 yuan per day for junior high school students.

The central government rewards and prizes in a certain proportion.

The meeting stressed the need to strengthen the management of students' canteens, strict access to food supply, and ensure food safety.

Formulating standards for canteen meals in primary and secondary schools, and specifying quantity, quality and operation standards.

Establish expert working group to strengthen school nutrition guidance.

Subsidy funds are strictly used to provide food for students, and it is strictly forbidden to distribute them directly to students and parents.

The school cafeteria and student nutrition fund accounts and catering standards are fully open to students, parents and social supervision.

[tax reform]

Shanghai next year pilot value-added tax reform

In order to further solve the problem of double taxation in the tax system of goods and services, improve the tax system and support the development of modern service industry, the meeting decided that from January 1, 2012, pilot projects of deepening VAT reform in some areas and industries should be carried out, and the current business tax collection industry should be replaced by VAT.

First, pilot projects in Shanghai's pportation industry and some modern service industries should be carried out. When the conditions are ripe, some industries can be selected for pilot projects throughout the country.

(two) on the basis of the current VAT 17% standard rate and 13% low tax rate, 11% and 6% two tax rates are added.

(three) the income from business tax in the pilot areas where the original ownership is assigned during the pilot period is still attributable to the pilot areas.

The preferential policies for business tax in the pilot industry can be renewed and adjusted according to the characteristics of value-added tax.

The VAT paid by taxpayers who are included in the pilot reform can be deducted according to the regulations.

[vaccine supply]

Vaccine R & D investment 9 billion 400 million

The conference discussed the adoption of the "vaccine supply system construction plan".

The plan requires: by 2015, the vaccine supply system to meet the needs of China's economic and social development will be initially built, and the normal capacity will be guaranteed, and the emergency response capability will be greatly improved. By 2020, the vaccine supply system will be further improved and perfected, with the ability to cope with the sudden and severe epidemic situation in line with the developed countries.

The conference identified key projects for vaccine supply system construction.

First, we should complete the development and industrialization of 6 new vaccines, such as HFMD vaccine, as soon as possible.

Two, we should focus on supporting the construction of new vaccine national research centers.

The three is to expand urgently needed capacity and physical reserves.

Four is to improve the level of equipment in the vaccine industry.

The five is to establish a vaccine quality inspection system.

The central government has supported the expansion of the national immunization plan.

The investment scale of key projects is about 9 billion 400 million yuan.