China subsidy mechanism drives rural projects construction

 BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's central and local governments had invested 105 billion yuan (16.6 billion U.S. dollars) in its award and subsidy¹ mechanism² for village-level public projects by 2011, and around 985,000 public projects were built in villages nationwide, the Ministry³ of Finance said Monday.

The funds had fueled construction spending on rural public projects involving a total of 280 billion yuan, said the MOF.

China first introduced the subsidy system in 2008 in the provinces of Heilongjiang, Yunnan and Hebei in an effort to improve rural public services, and further expanded it nationwide in 2011.

Zhang Shaochun, vice⁴ finance minister, said the government would continue to improve the mechanism and gradually boost government funding in rural areas.

1 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

2 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。