China lottery cumulative sales breakthrough 500 billion

Xinhua Beijing, December 6 (reporter Chen Jinsong) reporter today from China Welfare Lottery Issue Management Center learned that as of December 5, China's welfare lottery accumulated sales have exceeded 500 billion yuan, up to 500.1 billion yuan, to raise the total amount of lottery chest more than 164.5 billion yuan, to achieve a historic new leap.　　This is an important milestone in China's welfare lottery industry. As of December 5, the "Eleven-Five" period, the Chinese welfare lottery sales of more than 336.7 billion yuan, raise the chest 110.9 billion yuan, respectively accounted for 23 years, the cumulative sales of welfare lottery and the total amount of money to raise the chest 67%, 5 years in the payment of accidental income tax more than 8 billion yuan,　　For 23 years, the welfare Lottery has accumulated an occasional income tax of more than 20 billion yuan 40%. Reporter from China Welfare Lottery Issue Management Center also learned that the welfare lottery issued 23 years ago, the National Civil Administration system used lottery Community Chest to fund various social welfare institutions, children's welfare, Veterans Military Rehabilitation Hospital, township old People's homes, elderly apartments, community service centers and other projects more than 200,000, the beneficiaries reached tens of millions of.