China is a fast developing country. Although there are many countries urging that China should be treated as a developed country, she is still a developing country. China is a big country in agriculture from time immemorial. The agriculture economy is an important form of the feudalistic economy. Although China has become a powerful country around the world now, poverty still exists. What’s worse, there is a sharper and sharper gap between the rich and the poor. In order to build a harmonious society, how to help the poor becomes a problem that we must solve. The following are some advices as to the solution of this problem.
Firstly, the government should use the taxation to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor. That is to say, the most effective measure to narrow the gap is the government’s redistribution. So the government can help the poor with the payment coming from the taxation of the rich people. That money can be used as the basic cost of lowering allowances, Medicare and so on. Government assistance has a positive effect on incentive. So this sum of money can make the poor have the foundation to start their new life.
Secondly, the government needs to pay more attention to the education. Because beyond all we need to know the reason why the poor are poor. One important reason is that they are less knowledgeable. More education means more opportunities. The higher level education one can get, the more income he will get. However, over the years the government fails to attach great importance to compulsory education in rural areas. So the government should issue policies to help the children of the poor family receive due education. In this case, we can see that the financial help is an effective way. However, in some places there are no available resources for children in school, and there is even no school. So the government also needs to make relevant policies to encourage teachers to enter into schools in rural areas to help to improve the education level there.
Nowadays, more and more peasants go to the urban areas to earn a living. But the children of theirs cannot receive equal education as the local children. The government also needs to make relevant policies to ensure the education quality of these children, which can also help to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.
The third method is to improve people’s psychology. Everyone wants to live an affluent life with innumerable wealth. But not all people can lead a satisfactory life. Undoubtedly, this is another important reason why the gap between the rich and the poor exists. So when the government assists the poor, it also should encourage the poor to be confident– poverty is not scaring; receiving assistance is not shameful and the determination to shake off poverty is the most valuable.
Since China adopt the reforming and opening-up policy. Chinese people’s life has undergone great changes. But poverty still exists and it should not be neglected in a civilized country. The government, together with all the Chinese people, should work hard to fight against the poverty.