China has made great efforts to alleviate poverty in rural ethnic minority areas and targeted achieving the poverty-alleviation task by the end of 2020.Aba,Ganzi,and Liangshan,three of the poorest ethnic prefectures i...China has made great efforts to alleviate poverty in rural ethnic minority areas and targeted achieving the poverty-alleviation task by the end of 2020.Aba,Ganzi,and Liangshan,three of the poorest ethnic prefectures in Sichuan Province,Southwest China,have all implemented“Internet+”tactics since 2013,which have had the positive effect of increasing family revenues by improving communication infrastructure and encouraging the large-scale use of e-commerce.This paper aims to comprehensively investigate whether“Internet+”tactics play a key role in poverty alleviation in Sichuan’s rural ethnic minority areas and to propose further measures to enhance the efficiency of e-commerce practice.To this end,we conduct an analysis using the framework of classic growth theory and use panel data from 2000 to 2018 to examine the relationship between Communication Infrastructure Investment(CII)and a set of poverty-alleviation indicators,including local GDP growth rate(LGGR),local government revenue(LGR),and per-capita income of residents(PCIR).The results indicate that strengthening CII improves the PCIR and local economic growth,playing a key role in poverty alleviation.However,the stimulation of CII on LGGR and LGR wanes as time passes.More financial and technical actions will be needed to improve the efficiency and quality of current strategies for sustainable development in those areas.展开更多
People with mental disorders are a special group that are at high risk of living in poverty China’s legal system concerning mental health is far from adequate in both theoretical and practical aspects,such as legisla...People with mental disorders are a special group that are at high risk of living in poverty China’s legal system concerning mental health is far from adequate in both theoretical and practical aspects,such as legislative concepts,institutional structure,legal norms,and targeted poverty reduction through health care The improvement of China’s legal system concerning mental health needs to focus on protecting the rights and interests of people with mental disorders and take the following measures,including the precise poverty control for people with mental disorders,addressing comprehensive empowerment,and strengthening the subjective status of people with mental disorders,promoting the"community based"model of mental health governance based on social return,improving the financing mechanism and making use of the advantages of local governance.展开更多
Questions persist on the relationship between tourism dependence and economic growth in ethnic tourism areas.This study addresses such gaps by constructing a threshold regression model based on socio-economic data fro...Questions persist on the relationship between tourism dependence and economic growth in ethnic tourism areas.This study addresses such gaps by constructing a threshold regression model based on socio-economic data from 2006 to 2019 for nine sites in Enshi Prefecture of central China.Arc GIS and other open-source data were also used to visualize changing tourism resources in the region.Findings suggest that tourism dependence(the ratio of tourism-based GDP to overall GDP)significantly promotes economic growth in ethnic minority areas.However,the positive influence of tourism dependence on economic growth appears dynamic and non-linear–rising at first before falling when tourism dependence exceeded a threshold of 34%,with effects varying by site and year.Methods and findings make crucial theoretical contributions to understanding tourism dependence and poverty alleviation linkages.This paper also highlights the importance of political support and balanced investment in diverse industries to minimize decreasing returns beyond tourism dependence thresholds in destinations worldwide.展开更多
Here we were at a picturesque village inhabited by the ethnic Kinos, one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. Immediately beyond the village, Bapiao, a highway snakes deep into the rolling mountains until ...Here we were at a picturesque village inhabited by the ethnic Kinos, one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. Immediately beyond the village, Bapiao, a highway snakes deep into the rolling mountains until it reaches Jinghong, the capital city of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. When New China was founded in 1949, there were no more than 3,800 ethnic Kinos engaging in slash-and-bum farming for a meager subistence in those deep, subtropical lbrests. Now the Kino population has multiplied, and they have settled in 45 villages under the jurisdiction of a self-governing township.展开更多
基金This research has been supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.19BJL126)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.71903139)+2 种基金It has been also supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.16YJC630089)Annual projects of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People’s Republic of China(Grant No.2020-GMC-032)the Basic Scientific Research Service Fee Project of Central Universities of Sichuan University(Grant Nos.2020CXQ07 and skbsh2019-36).
文摘China has made great efforts to alleviate poverty in rural ethnic minority areas and targeted achieving the poverty-alleviation task by the end of 2020.Aba,Ganzi,and Liangshan,three of the poorest ethnic prefectures in Sichuan Province,Southwest China,have all implemented“Internet+”tactics since 2013,which have had the positive effect of increasing family revenues by improving communication infrastructure and encouraging the large-scale use of e-commerce.This paper aims to comprehensively investigate whether“Internet+”tactics play a key role in poverty alleviation in Sichuan’s rural ethnic minority areas and to propose further measures to enhance the efficiency of e-commerce practice.To this end,we conduct an analysis using the framework of classic growth theory and use panel data from 2000 to 2018 to examine the relationship between Communication Infrastructure Investment(CII)and a set of poverty-alleviation indicators,including local GDP growth rate(LGGR),local government revenue(LGR),and per-capita income of residents(PCIR).The results indicate that strengthening CII improves the PCIR and local economic growth,playing a key role in poverty alleviation.However,the stimulation of CII on LGGR and LGR wanes as time passes.More financial and technical actions will be needed to improve the efficiency and quality of current strategies for sustainable development in those areas.
基金a phasic research result of“Research on the Improvement of Legal Protection of the Social Rights of People with Mental Disorders in Beijing Municipality from the Perspective of Resocialization”(Project No.19JDFXA004),a key project of the research base of the Beijing Social Science Foundation.
文摘People with mental disorders are a special group that are at high risk of living in poverty China’s legal system concerning mental health is far from adequate in both theoretical and practical aspects,such as legislative concepts,institutional structure,legal norms,and targeted poverty reduction through health care The improvement of China’s legal system concerning mental health needs to focus on protecting the rights and interests of people with mental disorders and take the following measures,including the precise poverty control for people with mental disorders,addressing comprehensive empowerment,and strengthening the subjective status of people with mental disorders,promoting the"community based"model of mental health governance based on social return,improving the financing mechanism and making use of the advantages of local governance.
基金funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.20CMZ033)。
文摘Questions persist on the relationship between tourism dependence and economic growth in ethnic tourism areas.This study addresses such gaps by constructing a threshold regression model based on socio-economic data from 2006 to 2019 for nine sites in Enshi Prefecture of central China.Arc GIS and other open-source data were also used to visualize changing tourism resources in the region.Findings suggest that tourism dependence(the ratio of tourism-based GDP to overall GDP)significantly promotes economic growth in ethnic minority areas.However,the positive influence of tourism dependence on economic growth appears dynamic and non-linear–rising at first before falling when tourism dependence exceeded a threshold of 34%,with effects varying by site and year.Methods and findings make crucial theoretical contributions to understanding tourism dependence and poverty alleviation linkages.This paper also highlights the importance of political support and balanced investment in diverse industries to minimize decreasing returns beyond tourism dependence thresholds in destinations worldwide.
文摘Here we were at a picturesque village inhabited by the ethnic Kinos, one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. Immediately beyond the village, Bapiao, a highway snakes deep into the rolling mountains until it reaches Jinghong, the capital city of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. When New China was founded in 1949, there were no more than 3,800 ethnic Kinos engaging in slash-and-bum farming for a meager subistence in those deep, subtropical lbrests. Now the Kino population has multiplied, and they have settled in 45 villages under the jurisdiction of a self-governing township.