# welfare automation

How a Small Chinese City Turned Veterans’ Records into Rapid Relief: Data-Driven Care in Tongling

Tongling city in Anhui province is building 'living digital archives' for veterans by linking multiple government databases, using automated alerts to identify hardship and triggering rapid, door‑to‑door verification and support. The system has updated tens of thousands of records, enabled automatic benefit delivery, and shifted veteran services from reactive to proactive while highlighting trade-offs between efficiency and data governance.