平等.参与.共享:新中国残疾人权益保障70年(英)

　　Rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities have gradually improved. Starting from scratch， rehabilitation in-stitutions for persons with disabilities have developed a team of professionals， established a work system， business structure and operational mechanism， and improved their service capa-bilities. By 2018， 914 rehabilitation facilities at provincial， mu-nicipal and county levels -had been completed， with a total fioor area of 3.4 million sq m. There were 9，036 rehabilitation insti-tutions for persons with disabilities， which employed 250，000 people， and 2，750 counties （cities or districts） offered commu-nity rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation institutions， which used to provide services only for cataract patients， post-polio patients， and hearing-impaired children， have evolved into to a multi-disciplinary service system with equal emphasis on pre-vention and rehabilitation that meets the needs of a wide range ofpeople with disabilities.　　In 2018， 621 secondary and higher vocational technical schools and regular colleges and universities began to offer degree programs on rehabilitation services， with 29，334 grad-uates. To train more rehabilitation professionals， preparatory work has officially started for China Rehabilitation University，which is included in the 13th Five-year Plan for National Eco-nomic and Social Development and the "Outline for Accelerat-ing the Process Toward Prosperity for Persons with Disabilities in the 13th Five-year Plan Period".　　Vigorous efforts are being made to offer community reha-bilitation services and enhance the service capacity. By 2018，1，001 municipal districts and 1，749 counties （cities） were of-fering community rehabilitation services， employing 478，000 community rehabilitation coordinators. A rehabilitation and assistance system for children with disabilities has been estab-lished， providing institutional guarantee for these children to receive basic rehabilitation assistance. A system subsidizing as-sistive devices for persons with disabilities has been established in nine provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government， reducing the financial burden on families with disabled members. A campaign has been launched to offer targeted rehabilitation services， such as rehabilitation therapy， rehabilitation training， support services，and assistive devices， to disabled children and those with cer-tified disabilities. The MOST encourages the R&D of productsthat help and benefit persons with disabilities. It has carried out R&D programs on rehabilitation aids and repair materials for artificial tissues and organs， with a focus on two key projects -"active health and technological response to aging" and "R&D of biomedical materials and repair and replacement of tissues and organs". The rehabilitation system for work-related injuries has been improved， and pensions for injuries and disabilities have been enhanced.　　……