CHINA / About Guangdong
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(china.org)
Updated: 2006-05-16 10:03
Education
The number of students enrolled in postgraduate schools and institutions
of higher learning during the year stood at 14,800 and 264,600
respectively.
Culture
By the end of 2004, the province had a total of 142 arts performance
organizations, 142 cultural and arts centers, 128 public libraries, and
143 museums.
Public health
At the end of 2004, there were 15,394 health and medical institutions
staffed with 278,100 people and equipped with 178,000 beds.
Sports
Athletes from the province won first prize in 23 world sports events and
17 Asian events.
Welfare and aid
The province put in 105 million yuan as disaster relief fund. By the
year-end, 1.159 million people had been covered by the system to
guarantee their minimum living standard, an increase of 120,000 people
compared with the 2003 figure. Various welfare units across the province
put up 62,126 homeless and vagrant people. The funds raised through
selling welfare lottery totaled 1.07 billion yuan in 2004.
(Statistics as of 2004)
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