Paper Title
The Effects of Government Health Expenditures on Poverty Alleviation in China

Abstract
Since China's reform and opening up, the country has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction, lifting around 770 million people out of poverty under the standard of $1.90 per person per day. This paper argues that China's government health expenditure can improve the level of medical services, reduce residents' out-of-pocket medical expenses, improve residents' health, and thus reduce poverty. Based on this background, this study selects panel data from 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 Municipalities directly under the central government in China from 2011 to 2020 and constructs a Fixed-effects model, to examine the relationship between government health expenditure and poverty rate. The results show that government health expenditure is significantly negatively correlated with China's poverty rate, indicating that increasing government health expenditure can effectively reduce the incidence of poverty. Furthermore, the findings suggest that education plays a significant role in reducing poverty, while there is a positive correlation between population size and poverty rate. Keywords - Fixed Effects Model, Government Health Expenditure, Health Care, Poverty Alleviation