Haomiao Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4060629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Haomiao Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Haomiao |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sichuan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8485-7401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Can Everyday Users Efficiently Teach Robots by Demonstration
Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is a framework that allows lay users to easily program robots. However, the efficiency of robot learning and the robot’s ability to generalize to task variations hinge upon the quality and quantity of the provided demonstrations. Our objective is to guide human teachers to provide more effective demonstrations, thus facilitating efficient robot learning. To achieve this, we propose to use a measure of uncertainty…
The impact of intergenerational support on multidimensional poverty in old age: Empirical analysis based on 2018 CLHLS data
Intergenerational support from children and differences in social security treatment are important factors influencing the occurrence of multidimensional poverty among the elderly in China. Drawing on social support theory, based on the data of the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, this article investigates the effects of different intergenerational support provided by children on multidimensional poverty among the elderly, usin…
Assessment of Chinese rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children
Using the social support theory for reference, a subject-object influencing mechanism model of China's rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children is built based on the survey data on 1,698 disabled children in 243 designated rehabilitation institutions in Hu'nan Province as well as the topic of the assessment and optimization of the rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children. The analysis using the structural equation mode…
Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Head-mounted Display Interface for Human Robot Teams Collaborating in Physically Shared Manufacturing Tasks
We provide an experimental evaluation of a wearable augmented reality (AR) system we have developed for human-robot teams working on tasks requiring collaboration in shared physical workspace. Recent advances in AR technology have facilitated the development of more intuitive user interfaces for many human-robot interaction applications. While it has been anticipated that AR can provide a more intuitive interface to robot assistants helping human…
China's employment stabilization policies in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate China's employment stabilization policies in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to discuss the accessibility of these policies in practice. In addition, by focussing on the problems and dilemmas encountered during the implementation of these policies, this paper proposes some future directions for reforming employment protection and social insurance to adapt to the …
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China
Little is known about the differences in feelings of poverty and social assistance receipt among the different genders of heads of Chinese Dibao families. This article makes a preliminary analysis of the feelings of Chinese female heads of Dibao families about living in poverty and depending on social assistance and compares them with those of male heads. It finds that there are gender differences in the experiences between the female and male he…
Welfare Stigma of Social Assistance on Women Recipients in Urban China
In urban China, the study of the welfare stigma of poor females receiving social assistance is neglected. An in-depth interview method was used with 16 urban female assistance recipients aged 16–70 years old in the city of Chengdu to examine the forms and the consequences of welfare stigma on them. The purpose of the study is to examine the issue of welfare stigma of female assistance recipients in urban China by means of empirical evidence. The …
The Limits of the Chinese Welfare State: Evidence from the Dibao Program in Chengdu
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Scheme (Dibao) is the most important social assistance program in China. It provides means-tested cash transfers for the poor and serves as a safety net in the Chinese welfare state. Like minimum-income schemes in Western societies, however, it is also a deterrent to efforts by welfare recipients to find work. In order to solve this issue, China officially established an employment assistance program in 2014,…
Stuck between the Idea of Philanthropy and Social Right: Dilemma of Social Assistance in China
This article exams the social right to receive assistance from the government established through the introduction of China’s new social assistance programs. A qualitative study that included 42 social assistance recipients and 12 policy implementers in urban areas suggests that the social right to receive social assistance has not been fully established. This is partly due to the practice of philanthropy which continues to have a significant inf…
A qualitative study on the rights of rural left-behind children in Sichuan Province, China
Employment assistance in urban China: A qualitative study from the youth recipients' perspective
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System and Citizenship Cultivation among the Poor in China
China’s Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System ( MLSGS ) provides an unconditional cash transfer to poor households to alleviate poverty. During China’s transitional period, the MLSGS has played an important role in the maintenance of social stability. However, beyond poverty alleviation and stability maintenance, other outcomes—particularly the strengthening of citizenship—have received little attention. This study explores the influence of th…
Sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial? An exploratory study on institutional elder care in China
Due to an increasing aged population and small-scale families, China is paying more and more attention to institutional elder care. However, the viewpoint of ‘sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial’ is still influential. This article makes a preliminary analysis on institutional elder care and filial piety issues based on deep interview data with elders in nursing homes and their adult children. It finds that institutional elder care has ch…
Social assistance for poor children in urban China: A qualitative study from the recipients' perspective
Frustration, Shame, and Gratitude: The Meaning of Social Assistance for Women Recipients in China
Little is known about women’s views on receiving social assistance in China. This paper examines the findings of in-depth interviews with women about their experiences living with social assistance. Women’s feelings were complex and included frustration, shame, and gratitude. The paper discusses the issues of social assistance policy relating to these women and proposes a corresponding local explanation through comparison between the findings of …
The social assistance policy in urban China: A critical review
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess China’s urban social assistance policy, mainly by examining the findings of in-depth interviews with urban Dibao recipients in Chengdu about their experiences with social assistance, and by comparing what the social assistance offers with the urban poor households’ actual needs and vulnerabilities. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the author interviewed 15 people from urban Dibao Househ…
The emergence of personalized service for disabled people in Sichuan Province, China
Since 2011, Sichuan has started to provide personalized service for people with disability, which is a local innovation in China. This article analyzes the background, operation, and features of the personalized service, examining the service in an integrated way by analyzing four dimensions of social welfare policy, and evaluating the capacity of personalized service, mainly by interviewing persons with disability and policy implementers in Chen…
China's social assistance policy: Experiences and future directions
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS) forms the core of China's current social assistance policy, and special assistance programmes are used to supplement this policy. This paper scrutinizes the evolution and achievements of the social assistance policy, and analyses the challenges and problems that the policy faces. In this paper, we argue that the international trend of social assistance reforms, institutional background changes …
Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China
Zhang H. Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China Since the introduction of a new social assistance programme in urban China, the state was eventually able to expand the programme to rural areas as a further step towards integrating the development of social assistance in urban and rural areas. This article argues that the development of social assistance in China can be explained by the change of discourse among the …
Doing a Little More for the Poor? Social Assistance in Shanghai
Shanghai was a leader in nation-wide social assistance reform. It has established an extensive and complex social assistance system. This paper offers a general overview of different major assistance programs in Shanghai and uses a recent survey ofMinimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS) recipients in urban Shanghai to briefly examine the performance of social assistance. It finds that on the program construction and administration level,…
Poverty and Politics The Evolution of Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System in China in the Period of Transition
China has entered a transitional period of socio-economic development with the adoption of a market-based economy in the early 1990s. During this period, a brand-new social assistance program—Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS)—was established and developed in China. This article analyzes the poverty in urban and rural China during the transitional period, and scrutinizes the evolutional process of MLSGS. It argues that during the pe…
China's social assistance: In need of closer coordination
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the three issues about China's social assistance programs and put forward some suggestions separately. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research, mainly using documentary analysis. Findings The paper finds that China's urban and rural social assistance, minimum living standard security and special assistance programs, China's social assistance and the other parts of social security such as social insuranc…
Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China
Zhang H. Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China Since the introduction of a new social assistance programme in urban China, the state was eventually able to expand the programme to rural areas as a further step towards integrating the development of social assistance in urban and rural areas. This article argues that the development of social assistance in China can be explained by the change of discourse among the …
Sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial? An exploratory study on institutional elder care in China
Due to an increasing aged population and small-scale families, China is paying more and more attention to institutional elder care. However, the viewpoint of ‘sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial’ is still influential. This article makes a preliminary analysis on institutional elder care and filial piety issues based on deep interview data with elders in nursing homes and their adult children. It finds that institutional elder care has ch…
A qualitative study on the rights of rural left-behind children in Sichuan Province, China
Employment assistance in urban China: A qualitative study from the youth recipients' perspective
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System and Citizenship Cultivation among the Poor in China
China’s Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System ( MLSGS ) provides an unconditional cash transfer to poor households to alleviate poverty. During China’s transitional period, the MLSGS has played an important role in the maintenance of social stability. However, beyond poverty alleviation and stability maintenance, other outcomes—particularly the strengthening of citizenship—have received little attention. This study explores the influence of th…
Social assistance for poor children in urban China: A qualitative study from the recipients' perspective
China's employment stabilization policies in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate China's employment stabilization policies in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to discuss the accessibility of these policies in practice. In addition, by focussing on the problems and dilemmas encountered during the implementation of these policies, this paper proposes some future directions for reforming employment protection and social insurance to adapt to the …
Welfare Stigma of Social Assistance on Women Recipients in Urban China
In urban China, the study of the welfare stigma of poor females receiving social assistance is neglected. An in-depth interview method was used with 16 urban female assistance recipients aged 16–70 years old in the city of Chengdu to examine the forms and the consequences of welfare stigma on them. The purpose of the study is to examine the issue of welfare stigma of female assistance recipients in urban China by means of empirical evidence. The …
The Limits of the Chinese Welfare State: Evidence from the Dibao Program in Chengdu
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Scheme (Dibao) is the most important social assistance program in China. It provides means-tested cash transfers for the poor and serves as a safety net in the Chinese welfare state. Like minimum-income schemes in Western societies, however, it is also a deterrent to efforts by welfare recipients to find work. In order to solve this issue, China officially established an employment assistance program in 2014,…
Stuck between the Idea of Philanthropy and Social Right: Dilemma of Social Assistance in China
This article exams the social right to receive assistance from the government established through the introduction of China’s new social assistance programs. A qualitative study that included 42 social assistance recipients and 12 policy implementers in urban areas suggests that the social right to receive social assistance has not been fully established. This is partly due to the practice of philanthropy which continues to have a significant inf…
Frustration, Shame, and Gratitude: The Meaning of Social Assistance for Women Recipients in China
Little is known about women’s views on receiving social assistance in China. This paper examines the findings of in-depth interviews with women about their experiences living with social assistance. Women’s feelings were complex and included frustration, shame, and gratitude. The paper discusses the issues of social assistance policy relating to these women and proposes a corresponding local explanation through comparison between the findings of …
China's social assistance policy: Experiences and future directions
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS) forms the core of China's current social assistance policy, and special assistance programmes are used to supplement this policy. This paper scrutinizes the evolution and achievements of the social assistance policy, and analyses the challenges and problems that the policy faces. In this paper, we argue that the international trend of social assistance reforms, institutional background changes …
Poverty and Politics The Evolution of Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System in China in the Period of Transition
China has entered a transitional period of socio-economic development with the adoption of a market-based economy in the early 1990s. During this period, a brand-new social assistance program—Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS)—was established and developed in China. This article analyzes the poverty in urban and rural China during the transitional period, and scrutinizes the evolutional process of MLSGS. It argues that during the pe…
Poverty and Politics The Evolution of Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System in China in the Period of Transition
China has entered a transitional period of socio-economic development with the adoption of a market-based economy in the early 1990s. During this period, a brand-new social assistance program—Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS)—was established and developed in China. This article analyzes the poverty in urban and rural China during the transitional period, and scrutinizes the evolutional process of MLSGS. It argues that during the pe…
China's social assistance: In need of closer coordination
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the three issues about China's social assistance programs and put forward some suggestions separately. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research, mainly using documentary analysis. Findings The paper finds that China's urban and rural social assistance, minimum living standard security and special assistance programs, China's social assistance and the other parts of social security such as social insuranc…
Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China
Zhang H. Discourse change and policy development in social assistance in China Since the introduction of a new social assistance programme in urban China, the state was eventually able to expand the programme to rural areas as a further step towards integrating the development of social assistance in urban and rural areas. This article argues that the development of social assistance in China can be explained by the change of discourse among the …
Doing a Little More for the Poor? Social Assistance in Shanghai
Shanghai was a leader in nation-wide social assistance reform. It has established an extensive and complex social assistance system. This paper offers a general overview of different major assistance programs in Shanghai and uses a recent survey ofMinimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS) recipients in urban Shanghai to briefly examine the performance of social assistance. It finds that on the program construction and administration level,…
China's social assistance policy: Experiences and future directions
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (MLSGS) forms the core of China's current social assistance policy, and special assistance programmes are used to supplement this policy. This paper scrutinizes the evolution and achievements of the social assistance policy, and analyses the challenges and problems that the policy faces. In this paper, we argue that the international trend of social assistance reforms, institutional background changes …
The social assistance policy in urban China: A critical review
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess China’s urban social assistance policy, mainly by examining the findings of in-depth interviews with urban Dibao recipients in Chengdu about their experiences with social assistance, and by comparing what the social assistance offers with the urban poor households’ actual needs and vulnerabilities. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the author interviewed 15 people from urban Dibao Househ…
The emergence of personalized service for disabled people in Sichuan Province, China
Since 2011, Sichuan has started to provide personalized service for people with disability, which is a local innovation in China. This article analyzes the background, operation, and features of the personalized service, examining the service in an integrated way by analyzing four dimensions of social welfare policy, and evaluating the capacity of personalized service, mainly by interviewing persons with disability and policy implementers in Chen…
Social assistance for poor children in urban China: A qualitative study from the recipients' perspective
Frustration, Shame, and Gratitude: The Meaning of Social Assistance for Women Recipients in China
Little is known about women’s views on receiving social assistance in China. This paper examines the findings of in-depth interviews with women about their experiences living with social assistance. Women’s feelings were complex and included frustration, shame, and gratitude. The paper discusses the issues of social assistance policy relating to these women and proposes a corresponding local explanation through comparison between the findings of …
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System and Citizenship Cultivation among the Poor in China
China’s Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System ( MLSGS ) provides an unconditional cash transfer to poor households to alleviate poverty. During China’s transitional period, the MLSGS has played an important role in the maintenance of social stability. However, beyond poverty alleviation and stability maintenance, other outcomes—particularly the strengthening of citizenship—have received little attention. This study explores the influence of th…
Sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial? An exploratory study on institutional elder care in China
Due to an increasing aged population and small-scale families, China is paying more and more attention to institutional elder care. However, the viewpoint of ‘sending parents to nursing homes is unfilial’ is still influential. This article makes a preliminary analysis on institutional elder care and filial piety issues based on deep interview data with elders in nursing homes and their adult children. It finds that institutional elder care has ch…
A qualitative study on the rights of rural left-behind children in Sichuan Province, China
Employment assistance in urban China: A qualitative study from the youth recipients' perspective
The Limits of the Chinese Welfare State: Evidence from the Dibao Program in Chengdu
The Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Scheme (Dibao) is the most important social assistance program in China. It provides means-tested cash transfers for the poor and serves as a safety net in the Chinese welfare state. Like minimum-income schemes in Western societies, however, it is also a deterrent to efforts by welfare recipients to find work. In order to solve this issue, China officially established an employment assistance program in 2014,…
Stuck between the Idea of Philanthropy and Social Right: Dilemma of Social Assistance in China
This article exams the social right to receive assistance from the government established through the introduction of China’s new social assistance programs. A qualitative study that included 42 social assistance recipients and 12 policy implementers in urban areas suggests that the social right to receive social assistance has not been fully established. This is partly due to the practice of philanthropy which continues to have a significant inf…
Welfare Stigma of Social Assistance on Women Recipients in Urban China
In urban China, the study of the welfare stigma of poor females receiving social assistance is neglected. An in-depth interview method was used with 16 urban female assistance recipients aged 16–70 years old in the city of Chengdu to examine the forms and the consequences of welfare stigma on them. The purpose of the study is to examine the issue of welfare stigma of female assistance recipients in urban China by means of empirical evidence. The …
Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Head-mounted Display Interface for Human Robot Teams Collaborating in Physically Shared Manufacturing Tasks
We provide an experimental evaluation of a wearable augmented reality (AR) system we have developed for human-robot teams working on tasks requiring collaboration in shared physical workspace. Recent advances in AR technology have facilitated the development of more intuitive user interfaces for many human-robot interaction applications. While it has been anticipated that AR can provide a more intuitive interface to robot assistants helping human…
China's employment stabilization policies in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate China's employment stabilization policies in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to discuss the accessibility of these policies in practice. In addition, by focussing on the problems and dilemmas encountered during the implementation of these policies, this paper proposes some future directions for reforming employment protection and social insurance to adapt to the …
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China
Little is known about the differences in feelings of poverty and social assistance receipt among the different genders of heads of Chinese Dibao families. This article makes a preliminary analysis of the feelings of Chinese female heads of Dibao families about living in poverty and depending on social assistance and compares them with those of male heads. It finds that there are gender differences in the experiences between the female and male he…
The impact of intergenerational support on multidimensional poverty in old age: Empirical analysis based on 2018 CLHLS data
Intergenerational support from children and differences in social security treatment are important factors influencing the occurrence of multidimensional poverty among the elderly in China. Drawing on social support theory, based on the data of the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, this article investigates the effects of different intergenerational support provided by children on multidimensional poverty among the elderly, usin…
Assessment of Chinese rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children
Using the social support theory for reference, a subject-object influencing mechanism model of China's rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children is built based on the survey data on 1,698 disabled children in 243 designated rehabilitation institutions in Hu'nan Province as well as the topic of the assessment and optimization of the rehabilitation assistance system for disabled children. The analysis using the structural equation mode…
How Can Everyday Users Efficiently Teach Robots by Demonstration
Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is a framework that allows lay users to easily program robots. However, the efficiency of robot learning and the robot’s ability to generalize to task variations hinge upon the quality and quantity of the provided demonstrations. Our objective is to guide human teachers to provide more effective demonstrations, thus facilitating efficient robot learning. To achieve this, we propose to use a measure of uncertainty…
Political science (19 works) · China (17 works) · Economic growth (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works) · Social science (7 works)