中国城乡低保制度的发展,从1993年6月上海市首创“城市居民最低生活保障线制度”算起,已经有13年的历史了。13年来,作为一项普遍的、有效的社会政策,低保制度对保护贫弱群众与促进和谐社会建设发挥了巨大的作用。最低生活保障线是根据维持最起码的生活水平消费需求而设立一个最 The development of China’s urban and rural minimum living standards has been 13 years since the first system of living allowances for urban residents in Shanghai in June 1993. In the past 13 years, as a universal and effective social policy, the dibao system has played a huge role in protecting the poor and the poor and in promoting the building of a harmonious society. The minimum living standard is based on the maintenance of a minimum standard of living and consumption