Security line for minimumsubsistence for Shanghai, established in 1993, has covered all citizens of this community.
上海的最低生活保障线始于1993年，目前已覆盖全市居民。
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The report reveals there are 26 million needy people in China's countryside. Another 22 million living in cities subsist below minimumsubsistence levels , or the poverty line.
Methods 445 people living on minimumsubsistence allowances in Xuzhou were selected by the method of systematic and cluster sampling with face to face inquiry and household survey.