How was my country's social security system established and developed?

After the promulgation of the "Labor Insurance Regulations of the People's Republic of China" in 1951, urban employees' labor insurance systems were established and covered employees of urban government agencies, enterprises and institutions, and their immediate family members; at the same time, rural areas established a labor insurance system for the elderly, disabled and young in rural areas.

The "Five Guarantees" system is a rural cooperative medical system for farmers.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the labor insurance system was abolished and evolved into "enterprise insurance."

In 1978, in order to adapt to the needs of reform and opening up, our country reformed the traditional social security system.

By 2008, the coverage of social insurance was expanding day by day, the level of benefits was improving year by year, the scale of fund revenue and expenditure was growing rapidly, and the system was running smoothly.

Take pension insurance as an example. In 2007, the number of people covered reached 201 million, and fund revenue and expenditure reached 783.4 billion yuan and 596.5 billion yuan respectively.

Efforts will be made to achieve the goal of “basically establishing a social security system covering urban and rural residents by 2020” proposed by the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

NO.1 Social Security System Reform Process At present, the process of my country's social security system reform can be divided into three stages: reform exploration, initial formation of the institutional framework, and coordinated urban and rural development, based on the goals, priorities, and major policy initiatives of the social security system reform in different periods. stage.

The reform process of my country's social security system can be divided into three stages: reform exploration, initial formation of the institutional framework, and coordinated urban and rural development based on the goals, priorities, and major policy initiatives of the social security system reform in different periods.

The period of reform and exploration from 1978 to 1992. During this period, the core of my country's economic system reform was to transform the enterprise operating mechanism, enhance enterprise vitality, and implement various forms of economic responsibility systems, mainly contracting.

In this reform context, the guiding ideology of social security reform is positioned to serve the needs of enterprise reform. The state carries out social security reform as a supporting measure for enterprise reform, using individual system reforms as a breakthrough.

In terms of reform steps, we first started with reforming the urban enterprise pension insurance system and establishing an unemployment (unemployment) insurance system. Then, with the introduction of relevant enterprise reform policies, other related social security reform measures were successively formulated.

In terms of pension insurance, in 1984, the state began a pilot program of social pooling of retirement expenses in enterprises owned by the whole people and collectively owned enterprises; in 1991, the State Council issued the "Decision on the Reform of the Pension Insurance System for Enterprise Employees", which implemented basic pension insurance, enterprise supplementary pension

A pension insurance system that combines insurance and employee personal savings pension insurance. Basic pension insurance costs are jointly borne by the state, enterprises and individuals. Social co-ordination is implemented, first at the city and county level and then gradually transitioning to provincial level co-ordination.

In terms of unemployment insurance, in 1986, in order to cooperate with the labor contract system of state-owned enterprises, the State Council promulgated the "Interim Regulations on Unemployment Insurance for State-owned Enterprise Employees", establishing the unemployment insurance system for enterprise employees for the first time in my country; in 1993, the State Council revised the regulations and issued the " "Regulations on Unemployment Insurance for State-owned Enterprise Employees" further expands the coverage of unemployment insurance and proposes that enterprises pay contributions to establish an unemployment insurance fund to protect the basic livelihood of unemployed employees.

The initial formation period of the institutional framework from 1993 to 2004. In 1992, the Fourteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that the goal of my country's economic system reform is to establish a socialist market economic system.

In 1993, the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Issues Concerning the Establishment of a Socialist Market Economic System" passed by the Third Plenary Session of the Fourteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China listed the establishment of a social security system as one of the five components of the basic framework of the socialist market economy. First, the basic content of my country’s social security system is clarified.

Subsequently, the reform of the urban social security system was carried out in accordance with the goals, tasks and basic principles determined by the Third Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The focus was on pension insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance systems. The goal was to establish a system that adapts to the requirements of the socialist market economy.

social security system.

In terms of pension insurance, in 1995, the State Council issued the "Notice on Deepening the Reform of the Pension Insurance System for Enterprise Employees". The basic pension insurance implements a system model that combines social pooling and personal accounts and is piloted across the country. The costs are borne by enterprises and individuals.

*Same burden.

In terms of medical insurance, in 1995, pilot projects were conducted in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, and Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, to explore the establishment of a medical insurance system that combines social pooling and personal accounts; in 1996, the pilot was expanded to 38 cities.

In terms of work-related injury insurance, in 1996, the former Ministry of Labor issued the "Trial Measures for Work-related Injury Insurance for Enterprise Employees", which standardized the identification conditions, treatment standards and management procedures of work-related injury insurance, and established a work-related injury insurance fund.

In 1994, the former Ministry of Labor promulgated the "Trial Measures for Maternity Insurance for Enterprise Employees" to standardize the implementation scope, coordination level, fund raising and benefit payment of maternity insurance.