HIGHER INCOME, BETTER EDUCATION
The nationwide annual per capita disposable income reached 20,167 yuan (3,290 U.S. dollars) in 2014, up 8 percent over the previous year and faster than the economic growth rate in 2014.h Substantial efforts were made to alleviate poverty, including more government funds in infrastructure in the least-developed rural areas and relocation of people in uninhabitable regions.
By the end of 2014, the number of rural residents, with an annual income less than 2,300 yuan, had decreased by 12.32 million to 70.17 million.
Educational equity has been better guaranteed. About 92.6 percent of children of school age received the nine-year compulsory education and 86.5 percent of them were enrolled in senior high schools.
LEGAL REFORM IMPROVES JUDICIAL JUSTICE
In 2014 judicial justice and transparency have been greatly improved thanks to reform measures in judicial system.
Courts, procuratorates and police worked hard to prevent and correct unjust, false and wrongful practice from investigation, prosecution to trials.
In 2014, courts nationwide reheard 1,317 cases and corrected a number of wrongful ones. One of the high-profile wrongful convictions was a rape-murder case in 1996 by an Inner Mongolian court, in which an 18-year-old man named Huugjilt was convicted and executed. And 18 years later in December 2014, he was acquitted of the crimes.
The Supreme People's Court established websites for litigants to follow the progress of their cases and to disclose judgment papers. In 2014, a total of 6.29 million judgments were published through the website.
Procuratorates also set up a nationwide system for case procedural information inquiry, legal documentation disclosure, information disclosure of major cases, and application by appointment for defense and representation.
In 2014, China revised the Administrative Litigation Law, expanding citizens' rights to sue the government and ease the procedure. Courts across the country heard 151,000 administrative cases of first instance and concluded 131,000 of them, up 16.3 percent and 8.3 percent, respectively, over 2013.
