TheReformandDevelopmentofChinasSocialSecurity.pptVIP

The Reform and Development of China’s Social Security System after 1978 Wang Yanzhong April 28, 2005 Shanghai, P.R. China Main Contents(1) From Working-Unit Security to Social Security Reforms of the Social Security System Establishment of New Pension Model The Multi—layer of Pension System Reform in the Medical Care Insurance System The Peak of Laid-off Workers and Unemployment Security Main Contents(2) Social Security in rural areas Improving the Last Safety Net Improvements of the Social Welfare System The Latest Development of China’s Social Security Programs Some Difficulties for Social Security Construction in China Suggestions for the Future Development of China’s Social Security System From Working-Unit Security to Social Security The social security system before the reform was one of a unit security system based on the economic units of state-ownership and collective ownership, with state financial support to ensure that there would be no bankruptcy of these economic units．The new social security system is a socialized social security system．Staffs and workers from being a “person of the unit” to one of being a “person of the society” . Social security system means that of unit responsibility to social responsibility．The funds should come from diversified sources instead of just one source． The Creation of China’s Social Security System（1） In 2003, China’s unemployment covered 103.73 million people: those were 40.4% of all city/township employees (totally 256.39 millions), or 94.6% of all unit employees (totally 109.7 millions). In 2003, nation wide, there were 8 million unemployed people on the city/township unemployment register (registered unemployment rate was 4.3%). The unemployment insurance funds in terms of receipts and payments were 25 billion yuan and 20 billion yuan respectively. The job re-placement service center program had provided job skill training to 28.18 million people who were unemployed during the period of 1998 through 2