Legal basis: Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons.
Forty-eighth people's governments at all levels provide social assistance such as life, education and housing to disabled people with real difficulties through various channels. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall take other measures to ensure the basic livelihood of families with disabilities who still have special difficulties after enjoying the minimum living allowance. People's governments at all levels shall give assistance to poor disabled people in basic medical care, rehabilitation services and the configuration and replacement of necessary assistive devices. Local people's governments at all levels should give nursing subsidies to disabled people who cannot take care of themselves.