In2016, various kinds of poverty relief investments in Ordos exceeded RMB 1,688million, including RMB 1,325 million of special municipal fiscal poverty relieffunds, RMB 167 million of special municipal relocation poverty relief funds,RMB 375 million of supporting agriculture and pasturing-related funds investedand integrated by banners (RMB 110 million of supporting funds and RMB 265million of integrated funds), RMB 530 million of financial poverty relief loansissued, RMB 263 million of social assistance inputs (RMB 210 million oftargeted assistance funds, and RMB 53 million of village-enterprise cooperationfunds), and RMB 221 million of special poverty relief funds from the centralgovernment and the Autonomous Region.

Overall,input intensity of poverty relief funds is unprecedented in the history,effectively guaranteeing accomplishment of poverty alleviation task. In 2017,based on the principle of “no reduction will be allowed for poverty relieffunds and only increments can be supported”, the municipal treasury allocatedRMB 138.2 million of special poverty relief funds, up 4.3% compared to theprevious year, and all banners arranged RMB 155 million of special povertyrelief funds from their fiscal budgets, up 80% compared to the previous year.