Social security system toward high-quality sustainable development

Social security system towards high-quality sustainable development

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Secretary as the core, the Party and the Government have actively promoted the high-quality sustainable development of social security, on the basis of realizing the full coverage of the system, the level of treatment and protection has been significantly raised, the process of urban-rural integration has been accelerated, the multi-level protection system has been increasingly improved, the basic public ****service more convenient and efficient, and the social security system and reforms in the economic and social fields are being promoted in a synergistic and efficient manner, with significant achievements in a number of fields.

Universal coverage, weaving the world's largest social safety net. Focusing on the goal of universal coverage and social security for all, we have vigorously implemented the universal insurance program, accurately promoted the participation of key groups, and achieved quality expansion. Basic old-age insurance covers 1.04 billion people, an increase of 250 million over a decade ago. Basic medical insurance covers 1.36 billion people, with the participation rate remaining above 95 percent. Pilot long-term care insurance systems have been launched, with two batches of pilot cities covering 145 million insured people, and millions of disabled elderly people enjoying care services.

Strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of workers in employment patterns, a new occupational injury protection system has been launched on a trial basis in various regions, and more and more flexibly employed people have been covered. Social security has played an important role in guaranteeing the bottom line in winning the battle against poverty. by the end of 2020, nearly 100 million poor people nationwide will enjoy subsidized social medical insurance, and 60.98 million poor people with established records will participate in basic pension insurance.

Adjusting entitlements and continuously raising the level of protection. Pension benefits for retired workers have been adjusted for ten consecutive years, and a sound mechanism for determining and reasonably adjusting basic pension benefits has been established. During the ten-year period, the country has raised the basic pension standard for urban and rural residents' pension insurance four times. The per capita financial subsidy standard for residents' medical insurance was raised from 240 yuan to 610 yuan, benefiting 1 billion urban and rural insured groups, and the reimbursement rate continued to rise. The social assistance system has been further improved, with all groups such as urban and rural low-income insurance recipients, people with special difficulties and low-income families being insured, and the standard of protection being significantly raised.

Mending the shortcomings, the multi-level social security system has become more sound. In the second tier of the annuity system, the introduction of the "enterprise annuity approach", improve the annuity market-oriented investment and operation system. The annual occupational pension fund investment is fully launched. Individual tax-deferred commercial pension insurance began to be piloted. The Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the Development of Personal Pensions was issued, and the third pillar of pensions, which had been brewing for many years, was officially launched. In terms of commercial health insurance, the pilot of tax-preferred health insurance was officially launched. The city's customized "people's insurance" has been rapidly rolled out across the country, playing an important role in supplemental protection.

The process of integrating social security has accelerated significantly in urban and rural areas. The new rural insurance and urban residents' insurance systems have been merged into the basic pension insurance system for urban and rural residents. The New Farmers' Cooperative Insurance and the Urban Residents' Medical Insurance have been integrated into the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban and Rural Residents. Pension insurance for institutions and enterprises has been harmonized, and the fairness of the system has been substantially enhanced. Maternity insurance has been merged with basic medical insurance for employees, enhancing the effectiveness of comprehensive management.

The State Medical Insurance Bureau was established, setting up a comprehensive management system that integrates basic medical insurance, major disease insurance and medical assistance, and promoting major reforms in the payment method of medical insurance, centralized procurement of medicines, and supervision of the fund, so as to provide institutional safeguards to meet the all-around health needs of the people.

Top-level design, major institutional reforms have made key breakthroughs. Over the past decade, with the social security reform to the depths of the reform into the deep water, the pain points in the institutional mechanism, difficult to become the "most difficult to gnaw bones". Under the new situation, the Central Committee of the CPC reviewed the situation and made a top-level design for comprehensively deepening the social security reform. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee opened the curtain of the social security reform, and made clear the list of major tasks of the reform.

Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, a number of reform challenges such as lowering social security fees, reforming the collection system, raising the level of coordination and allocating state-owned assets to social security have made breakthroughs. The top-level design of the basic pension insurance system for urban enterprise workers has been improved, a centralized transfer system has been introduced, and on the basis of provincial-level coordination, a national coordination system will be formally implemented in 2022. The State Council issued the Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Medical Security System, proposing major reform initiatives in the areas of medical insurance financing, fund payment, adjustment of the individual account system, and improvement of the outpatient ****ancial protection mechanism.

Interconnected, the social security administration service network is more convenient and efficient. The country has established more than 5,400 social security agencies at the county level and above, forming a five-tier network system that integrates urban and rural areas. The implementation of "no-meeting" services for social security administration has ensured that social security affairs are handled by the public in their neighborhoods, online, and quickly. An online information verification mechanism has been implemented for the certification of eligibility for social security benefits. The national medical insurance settlement network for medical treatment in other places has basically been completed, and cross-provincial reimbursement for medical treatment in other places has been implemented.

Coherent promotion, social security fee reduction and economic development in the same frequency **** vibration. The reform of the social security system in the new era has entered a stage of system integration, synergy and efficiency, and is linking more and more closely with reforms in other areas. During the ten-year period the Party Central Committee has deployed seven times to reduce the rate of social security fees, significantly reducing the tax burden on enterprises. Especially during the new pneumonia epidemic, the social security system gave full play to its role as a "shock absorber" for the economy and a "safety valve" for people's livelihoods. The introduction of a number of measures to help enterprises to alleviate their difficulties, the implementation of unprecedented "reduction, exemption, slow down the return of subsidies" policy, expanding the scope of expenditure protection, increase the standard of stable return to help enterprises to resume work and resume production, to stabilize growth, promote employment, and protect people's livelihoods to make a significant contribution.