The State Council passed a five-year development plan for the country's 83 million disabled people on May 11, pledging better social security and public services to them.

The government plans to provide 1 million more job opportunities for disabled persons in urban areas and give aid to 10 million impoverished and disabled people in rural areas. It also aims to improve a network for rehabilitation of the disabled so as to ensure every disabled person gets access to the service by 2015.

China's disabled population exceeded 83 million at the end of last year.