At the beginning of this year, relevant ministries and commissions issued a notice on adjusting basic pensions. "Xinhua Viewpoint" reporters learned that all provinces have introduced implementation measures, and many places have already made adjustments.

The State Council executive meeting held recently pointed out that it is necessary to ensure that basic pensions are paid in full and on time.

How to ensure the smooth implementation of rising pensions? What are the differences in pension adjustment plans in various places? How to reflect incentives while taking into account fairness? How do each region adjust it? At present, all regions have released basic pension adjustment plans for retirees, and many places have already adjusted them.

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For more than ten years in a row, Zhang Guichang, a retired man who lives in Nankai District, Tianjin, always gets a lot of income in July: his pension has increased every year, and the pension increase in the first half of the year has been included with the pension in July.

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"As the economy develops and residents' incomes improve, retirees will also benefit from it," Zhang Guichang said.

In March this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Notice on Adjusting the Basic Pension for Retirees in 2019". Starting from January 1, 2019, those who have completed the retirement procedures as required before the end of 2018 will receive monthly benefits.

The basic pension level for retirees from enterprises and government agencies and institutions with basic pensions will be increased. The overall adjustment level is about 5% of the per capita monthly basic pension for retirees in 2018. It is expected that 118 million retirees will benefit.

This is the 15th consecutive year that the country has adjusted the basic pension for enterprise retirees.

The reporter's interview found that in terms of quota adjustment, retirees in the same area will have their pensions increased by the same amount, ranging from 34 yuan to 80 yuan per person per month in different provinces.

Among them, Beijing will receive a fixed monthly additional payment of 50 yuan per person, and Guangdong and Shanghai will receive a fixed monthly additional payment of 60 yuan.

Tibet’s additional payment amount is larger, rising by 80 yuan per person per month.

Liaoning divides the quota adjustment into five levels according to the time that retired personnel have been working, with the highest being 70 yuan and the lowest being 25 yuan.

Hubei divides the quota adjustment into three levels according to the retirement time of retirees.

Why do different regions have different fixed adjustment amounts? Xu Xing, a professor at Nankai University, said that pension adjustment standards are generally calculated based on comprehensive factors such as economic growth, price increases, pension income and expenditure levels, and fund affordability.

“The level of economic development in various regions is not consistent, and the basic situation of retirees is also different. This determines that each region will take into account the specific local reality when formulating specific adjustment measures. Therefore, there are certain differences in the adjustment methods between regions.

"How to reflect incentives while taking into account fairness? The reporter learned that this pension adjustment reflects both incentive mechanisms and fairness.

In terms of linking adjustments, it is mainly linked to factors such as retirees’ payment years or working years, basic pension levels and other factors.

The first is linked to the payment period.

Taking Heilongjiang as an example, it will increase by 2 yuan for every full year; relevant policies in Inner Mongolia stipulate that retirees' payment period will increase by 1 yuan for every full year. If it is less than 15 yuan, it will be adjusted by 15 yuan.

The second type is linked to the basic pension level of the individual. Beijing divides the monthly basic pension of retirees into three levels from high to low before the end of 2018. Those above 5,459 yuan (inclusive) will increase by 45 yuan per month;

(inclusive) to 5,459 yuan per person per month will increase by 55 yuan; per person below 3,959 yuan will increase by 65 yuan per month.

By adopting a high-profile approach for low-income earners and a low-profile approach for high earners, people with low levels of security benefits can increase their basic pensions appropriately.

In the adjustment plans in various places, the following categories of retirees will enjoy policy preferences.

——Old retirees.

In Tianjin, retired and retired personnel who are over 70 years old and under 75 years old will receive an increase of 30 yuan per person per month; those over 75 years old and under 80 years old will receive an increase of 50 yuan per person per month; those over 80 years old will receive an increase of 50 yuan per person per month.

A monthly increase of 70 yuan.

In Hubei, those who participated in revolutionary work before the founding of New China and enjoyed the supply system will receive an increase of 30 yuan per person per month; those who participated in revolutionary work before the founding of New China and enjoyed the salary system will receive an increase of 25 yuan per person per month.

——Enterprise retired military officers transferred to cadres.

Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei and other places have stipulated that after adjustments, if the basic pension of retired military cadres of enterprises has not reached the average level of basic pensions in their region, the amount will be supplemented to the average level.

——Retirees from difficult and remote areas.

Shanxi stipulates that retirees in the first category of difficult and remote areas will receive an additional 10 yuan per person per month, and retirees in the second category of difficult and remote areas will receive an additional 15 yuan per person per month.

Tianjin stipulates that the adjustment targets for difficult and remote areas within the scope of national regulations will increase by 15 yuan per person per month.

——Work-related injury retirees.

Anhui stipulates that if the basic pension increased by the above method for the enterprise's first to fourth-level work-related injury retirees is lower than the average amount of the basic pension adjustment for enterprise retirees, it will be made up according to the average amount.