On the morning of February 26, the Information Office of the State Council of China held a press conference. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced employment and social security and answered questions from reporters.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: is studying specific reform plans for delaying retirement
You Jun, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said on the 26th that the retirement age of major economies in the world has generally been raised to over 65. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is working with relevant departments to study specific plans for postponing retirement reform. The plan will draw on international practices and experience, but also fully consider our country’s actual national conditions, cultural traditions, and historical evolution.
Since delaying the retirement age involves the vital interests of the majority of employees, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will extensively listen to the opinions of all parties in the process of research and formulation of the plan, and coordinate the suggestions of all sectors of society to ensure that the plan is scientifically feasible and smoothly implemented.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: The average urban surveyed unemployment rate in 2020 is 5.6%, which is lower than the expected control target
Today (26th) morning, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released employment data for 2020. The data shows that the employment situation in 2020 is improving quarter by quarter, generally stable, and better than expected. In the whole year, 11.86 million new jobs were created in urban areas, exceeding the annual target tasks. The urban surveyed unemployment rate dropped quarter by quarter. It was 5.2% in December, and the annual average was 5.6%, which was lower than the expected control target.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: 80 million migrant workers spend the New Year at their employment place during the Spring Festival
On February 26, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on employment and social security. Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that in the face of the severe impact of the epidemic last year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security established a 24-hour labor dispatch guarantee mechanism for key enterprises to help Tens of thousands of key enterprises in the production of pharmaceutical materials have solved the urgent need to employ more than 1 million workers, and implemented “point-to-point” services for returning migrant workers to work, transporting more than 6 million migrant workers safely and orderly back to work by means of special vehicles, special trains, and chartered flights.
Zhang Jinan said that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security promoted the employment and entrepreneurship of migrant workers, and promoted migrant workers to go out and find nearby employment. The total number of migrant workers recovered to 98.2% of the previous year. The number of poverty-stricken laborers was 32.43 million, an increase of 10% over 2019. Big data monitoring shows that more than 87 million migrant workers spend the New Year in their places of employment, an increase of nearly 40 million over the previous year.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: 999 million people are covered by pension insurance, and the social security fund balance exceeds 6 trillion.
On February 26, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on employment and social security. Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, stated that the coverage of social security has gradually expanded and breakthroughs have been made in the reform of the social security system. The number of people participating in basic pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance reached 999 million, 217 million, and 268 million, respectively, an increase of 31.27 million, 11.47 million, and 12.91 million from the end of 2019.
Zhang Jinan said that 60.98 million people in poverty all over the country have registered and registered to participate in the basic pension insurance, and the participation rate continues to remain at 99.99%. For 38.56 million impoverished people, we paid resident endowment insurance premiums. Over 30.14 million impoverished applicants received basic endowment insurance benefits on a monthly basis. Among them, 17.35 million impoverished elderly people were registered.
Zhang Jinan also said that the total income of the three social insurance funds for the year was 5.02 trillion yuan, the total expenditure was 5.75 trillion yuan, and the cumulative balance was 6.13 trillion yuan.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: Establish a pension adjustment mechanism to increase basic pensions for nearly 170 million residents
On February 26, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on employment and social security. Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, stated that various social security benefits will be paid on time and in full, and a reasonable adjustment mechanism for pensions for retirees will be established. The adjustment benefited more than 120 million retirees and increased the basic pension for nearly 170 million urban and rural elderly residents.
Zhang Jinan said that all provinces have started to implement the unified income and expenditure of pension insurance funds at the provincial level, and the national overall preparation work is progressing steadily. Central government adjustments of the fund have been stepped up. The scale of inter-provincial adjustment funds reached 176.8 billion yuan throughout the year, effectively balancing the structural contradictions between regional fund revenues and expenditures. In addition, the industrial and commercial insurance fund has also achieved provincial-level overall planning.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: This year, college graduates will reach a new high: 9.09 million people
Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that with regard to the employment situation this year, the general judgment is that as the economy stabilizes and improves, employment will continue to remain generally stable. However, there are still many uncertain and unstable factors, and the employment situation is still relatively complicated and faces many challenges.
First, the pressure on total employment remains unabated. This year, the new growth in the urban labor force that needs to be arranged for employment is still around 15 million, and the number of college graduates this year is 9.09 million, reaching a new high.
The second is that structural contradictions are still prominent, and employment difficulties and recruitment difficulties coexist. For example, it is difficult to recruit general workers in the manufacturing and service industries, and there is a shortage of skilled workers. The demand rate of technical talents exceeds 2. In other words, a technical talent has at least two positions waiting for him.
Third, the impact of the epidemic is complex and changeable. The international epidemic is still spreading, and the pressure of “foreign defense import and internal defense rebound” is also relatively high, which has added uncertainty and risk challenges to employment this year.
95% of people across the country have a social security card! The total has reached 1.335 billion
You Jun, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that by the end of last year, the number of holders of social security cards in the country had reached 1.335 billion, that is to say, 95% of people in the country have social security cards. Participate in the insurance at birth, and issue the card immediately. With the social security card, there is the promise of social security to “record a lifetime, protect a lifetime, and serve a lifetime”. Therefore, the social security card is a certificate for the people to enjoy social security rights and interests. At present, the services carried by social security cards have reached more than 100, covering all aspects of people’s livelihood.
The social security card is a service card. You can use your social security card to enroll in insurance registration, account inquiries, and claim benefits. The social security card and the Employment Entrepreneurship Certificate are now “in one”. You can use your social security card to register for unemployment and enjoy employment services. In some “trans-provincial services” such as the transfer of social security relations and the certification of benefits and qualifications, the social security card plays an important carrier role, realizing business and geographical communication.
The social security card is another bank card. Now social security cards are loaded with financial functions. You can use the social security card as an ordinary bank card for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and consumption. Since it is a bank card, you can use your social security card to receive pensions, unemployment benefits, work-related injury allowances and employment subsidies, which simplifies the application procedures. In many places, subsidy funds for benefiting farmers and benefiting people are distributed through social security card accounts, which is efficient and convenient, and also avoids fraudulent collection and retention.
The social security card is also a medical insurance card, which is commonly referred to as a medical insurance card. People use the social security card for settlement when they see a doctor and buy medicine, which reduces queuing and does not require payment.
The social security card is even a people’s livelihood card. Now more and more places are promoting the establishment of a “one card” service model based on social security cards. You can use the social security card to take public transportation, borrow books, visit parks, and enter museums. Smart city “all-in-one card”.
More than 300 million people across the country have received electronic social security cards
On the morning of February 26, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced employment and social security and answered reporters’ questions.
You Jun, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that the social security card now has the form of an electronic card, that is, the function of the social security card is installed in everyone’s mobile phone, scan code authentication, scan code mobile payment, online query service At present, more than 300 million people have received electronic social security cards. You can use your mobile phone to directly handle social security inquiries, unemployment benefits, and other 40 national “one-network” services, which is convenient and safe. Here I would also like to remind you, friends who have not yet applied for an electronic social security card, you can pick up your mobile phone, move your fingers, click on the State Council client applet, or click on Alipay, WeChat, and the apps of major banks, immediately Apply for use. It is through the social security card that we have realized the fast handling of high-frequency matters of the human and social business, and the packaged handling of related businesses, which facilitates the common people’s “one network, one door, one window, and one time.”
In the next step, we will further expand the application scope and functions of the social security card, and promote the realization of the “one-card service” of residents’ personal life-cycle services, so that the masses will use the social security card more intimately, more conveniently and quickly.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: The personal pension system is a shortcoming of the pension system and will step up to promote its early introduction
On February 26, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on employment and social security. Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security You Jun said that the establishment of a multi-level pension insurance system is to actively respond to the aging of the population and promote the pension insurance system. An important measure for sustainable development. International experience also shows that a multi-level pension system is more risk-controllable and sustainable.
You Jun said that among the three levels of my country’s current pension insurance system, as the first level of basic pension insurance, the system is basically complete. The employee pension insurance plus the two platforms of urban and rural residents’ pension insurance currently cover nearly one billion people. As the second-level enterprise annuity and occupational annuity system, initially established and gradually improved, it currently covers more than 58 million people. As the third-level personal pension system has not yet been introduced, it is still a shortcoming in the entire pension insurance system.
You Jun said that in recent years, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has systematically planned and designed the third-level system model under the framework of a multi-level pension insurance system. After sufficient research and demonstration, drawing on international experience, and summarizing some domestic pilot experiences, a preliminary idea has been formed. The general consideration is to establish a personal pension system based on the account system, voluntary participation by individuals, and taxation support from the state finances, and funds to form a market-oriented investment and operation of the personal pension system, which is being launched in full swing. In the next step, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will step up efforts to introduce it as soon as possible, implement it as soon as possible, meet diversified needs, and better guarantee the happy life of the elderly.