The social security system has been gradually improved. As of 1978, included in the scope of labor security only state-owned, collective units of cadres and employees, with the deepening development of reform, the scope of protection is also expanding, in 2007, the city's social pension insurance enrolled 290,000 people, 241,000 employees to participate in unemployment insurance, participating in the workers' compensation insurance of 230,000 people, participating in the number of employees in the basic medical insurance of 121,500 people; the city **** There are 50,200 people get the minimum living guarantee, the surface of the low-income insurance amounted to 1.98%.
Live Report Reporter: And new progress has been made in science and technology, as of the end of 2007, the city's cumulative total of 13,652 patent applications, the cumulative total of 9,702 patents authorized. *** There are 180 civil science and technology enterprises, civil science and technology enterprises employing 41,000 people; 3 technology trade organizations. There are 149 provincial high-tech enterprises.
Public **** health undertakings have been further developed. As of the end of 2007, the city **** there are all kinds of health institutions 822, an increase of 697 over the end of 1978, 125; health institutions, the number of personnel 8458, an increase of 4,090 over the end of 1978, 4,368; health institutions, the number of beds 2,788, an increase of 1,368 over the end of 1978, 1,420. The construction of community health service network has been carried out steadily, and there is one community health service technical guidance center, nine health service centers, and 18 community health service stations in the city***. Rural healthcare conditions have further improved, with a centralized hospital delivery rate of 83.16% in rural areas, and an additional 29,100 people benefiting from water reform; the clean sanitation water penetration rate for the rural population is 98.12%; and the piped water penetration rate for drinking in rural areas is 83.16%. The penetration rate of sanitary household toilets in rural areas has reached 85%. The city's participation in rural cooperative medical care 1,359,800 people, participation rate of 72.9%.
Site report reporter: education work, the city in 2007, school-age children enrollment rate of 99.4%. The city realized that students at the compulsory stage were exempted from paying school miscellaneous fees.
New achievements have been made in education. at the end of 2007, the number of schools in the city was 1,474, an increase of 227 over 1978; the number of full-time teachers was 24,300, an increase of 0.89 million over 1978; and the number of schoolchildren was 551,600, an increase of 199,000 over 1978.
Population growth has been effectively controlled. Eighty, nineties the city's birth rate, the natural rate of population growth are relatively high, the birth rate are basically hovering around 18 ‰, the natural rate of population growth in 12 ‰ or so, the highest is the 1979 birth rate of 20.4 ‰, the natural rate of population growth in 1982 reached 14.77 ‰, into the new century, the population growth began to be effectively controlled, the birth rate dropped 10‰ or so, the natural population growth rate fell to 5‰ or so, in 2007, the city's birth rate of 10.38‰; natural population growth rate of 4.78‰.
Site report reporter: sustainable development has made new progress. Comprehensive remediation of the Han River, Huanggang River Basin environment and sewage enterprises, environmental pollution situation has been effectively controlled. Urban sewage treatment rate reached 70%.
Urban green coverage area of 1,494 hectares, green coverage rate of 39.8%; urban environmental noise standard area of 22.43 square kilometers, environmental noise standard area coverage rate of 66.8%; urban living garbage comprehensive implementation of bagging, living garbage removal rate of 100%.
The construction of cultural Chaozhou is progressing well. By the end of 2007, the city had 54 cultural centers and stations, 4 public **** libraries, and 390,000 books in public **** libraries. The protection of traditional culture has achieved remarkable results, Chaozhou music, Chaozhou Opera, Chaozhou embroidery art, Chaozhou wood carving art, Chaozhou Tiezhi puppets, Chaozhou Kung Fu Tea, Fengxi porcelain firing techniques, lanterns Dawu clay sculpture, Chaozhou song book and Chaozhou paper-cutting art and other items have been included in the national intangible cultural heritage public list. Cultural activities with local characteristics are widely carried out, and the cultural life of the masses is more colorful.