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2020/11/17
Report finds 88% coverage rate in rehab services for disabled in 2019


Guests attend the the Sixth National Congress of the China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons in Beijing, on Nov 16, 2020. [Photo by Li Lei/chinadaily.com.cn]
More than 8.1 million disabled Chinese received subsidized rehabilitative services in 2019, ranging from artificial cochlea implantation for the hearing-impaired to psychological consultations for people with intellectual disabilities, a report said.

The number translates to a coverage rate of more than 88 percent among communities in need of such services, said a work report delivered at the Sixth National Congress of the China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, which opened in Beijing on Monday.

The percentage was calculated based on a national database of disabled people who need physical rehabilitation, the report made by the association's executive vice-president, Xu Xiaoming, said.

China originally set the coverage target to be reached at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2015-20) at 80 percent, as part of a broader effort to build China into a "moderately prosperous society in all aspects", which requires improved welfare among the nation's 85 million disabled population.

The association is a national nonprofit organization formed by rehabilitative professionals, led by the China Disabled Persons' Federation and overseen by the Ministry of Civil Affairs as a nongovernmental group.

(China Daily)