Is it true that pensions are paid in advance before the Spring Festival?

It's true. Because according to the information released by Hunan Daily on February 4, 2024, before the Spring Festival in 2024, many documents were issued to clarify the Spring Festival holiday.

Retirees' pensions are paid in advance as follows:

1, Beijing: On February 2, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security announced that due to the Spring Festival holiday, some social insurance benefits originally scheduled for February 15 were extended to February 8, including: pension insurance benefits for enterprise employees and urban and rural residents in February 2024, unemployment insurance benefits and industrial injury insurance benefits. From March 2024, the above-mentioned social insurance benefits will be resumed, and the payment time will be 15.

2. Tianjin: On February 2, Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security issued a document saying that all social security benefits will be paid in advance on February 6, including: pension insurance benefits for urban workers, pension insurance benefits for urban and rural residents, work injury insurance benefits and unemployment insurance benefits. In March 2024, the distribution of various benefits was restored to the original agreed date.

3. Zhangye City, Gansu Province: On February 1 day, Zhangye Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security issued a document saying that the payment of endowment insurance benefits for employees of government agencies and institutions and urban and rural residents in February will be completed before February 9. Since March, various pension insurance benefits have resumed normal distribution time.