THE Qingdao Civil Affairs Bureau has spent more than 400 million yuan, aiding about 187,000 poor people.

The aid fund was spent on subsidies for poor low-income families, medical aiding fund and medical insurance subsidies.

About 270 million yuan was given to 125,000 people in low-income families. A total of 7,350 people with serious diseases were granted a total of 17.3 million yuan.

Subsidies to leverage the price inflation were also given to about 43,000 people in low-income families and 11,720 families with short-term difficulty.

The city’s welfare lottery donated about 38.5 million yuan to the aid fund.

The city’s charity organizations received a total donation of about 35 million yuan this year, which was spent to help 138,000 poor people.

More facilities were built for the city’s elderly.

(Chen Ting, Li Lili)