截止到1999年9月底，全国668年城市和1638个有建制镇的县人民政府所在地已全部建立最低生活保障制度，提前三个月实现了国务院确定的工作目标。城市“低保”建制的提前竣工，标志着我国城市居民的最低生活保障网已初步形成，在千禧年即将来临之际，构筑这一“保障网”的人们， By the end of September 1999, the minimum living allowance system had been set up in all the 668 cities and 1,638 county-owned county people’s governments in the country, achieving the goal set by the State Council three months in advance. The early completion of the urban “dibao” system marks the initial formation of the minimum livelihood guarantee network for urban residents in China. At the dawn of the new millennium, people building this “safeguard net”