城市贫困人口的现状和解困政策研究——以上海为例

Poverty-stricken Population in Cities and Countermeasure Policies -- Shanghai as a Case

90年代以来 ,我国城市中的贫困问题越来越突出。上海作为我国人口最多的城市和老工业基地 ,产业结构调整中大量职工下岗失业 ,贫困人口规模扩大。在减缓城市贫困方面 ,上海市通过建立社会保障制度、实施再就业工程、健全社会救济机制等取得了一定的成效 ,使大部分的贫困人口基本生活得到了保障 ,但相关政策还存在不少缺陷 ,造成贫困的一些因素依然存在 ,要从根本上解决贫困问题 ,必须改进和完善鼓励就业的劳动政策 ,填补社会保障制度的空缺 。

Since 1990s, in urban China poverty has been becoming an outstanding problem. As the most populous city in China and an old industrial base, Shanghai sees a large number of workers losing their jobs during the transition of industrial structure, more people involving poverty. Shanghai municipal government has taken corresponding measures to safeguard the lives of those unemployed and poverty-stricken. However, many defects still can be found in the policies and some poverty causing factors still exist. The article believes the radical countermeasures are to perfect the labor related policies encouraging more employment, to fill the gap of social security system and to improve social relief system.