Beijing News (Reporter Wu Wei) On April 21, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs held a press conference for the first quarter of 2020. Nie Mingjun, director of the Department of Pension Insurance of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs, introduced the situation of pension distribution in various regions.
Nie Mingjun said that since the implementation of this year's policy of phasing out and reducing corporate social insurance premiums since late February, the two-month reduction and exemption of social security was 232.9 billion yuan, and pension insurance was postponed for 25.4 billion yuan. However, he said that on the whole, there is no problem with pension insurance.
Two-month reduction and exemption of social security of 232.9 billion yuan, and pension insurance payment of 25.4 billion yuan
Nie Mingjun first talked about the implementation of the phased reduction and exemption of business expenses and insurance policies for two months. He introduced that on February 20th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Administration of Taxation issued the "Notice on Periodic Reductions in Corporate Social Insurance Fees", which stipulates that pensions, unemployment, and work-related injuries should be paid to enterprises from February. The payment part of social insurance units shall be exempted, reduced or postponed.
"Two months have passed, and with the concerted efforts of many parties, the effect has become more apparent." Nie Mingjun said that as of the end of March, all provinces have issued their own reduction and exemption measures, all of which are implemented according to the top policy, and all reduction and exemption policies are fully implemented. Eligible enterprises have all enjoyed the preferential policies of phased relief.
100% implementation of the policy, how effective? According to Nie Mingjun, two months of total relief were RMB 232.9 billion, including pension insurance of RMB 218.4 billion, unemployment insurance of RMB 7.5 billion, and work injury insurance of RMB 7 billion. The implementation of the reduction and exemption policy has played an important role in supporting enterprises to stabilize and expand employment, and resume work and production as soon as possible.
"Small and medium enterprises are the main beneficiaries." Nie Mingjun said that of the 232.9 billion yuan of exemptions, small and medium enterprises accounted for 189.3 billion yuan, accounting for 81.3%. Of the 218.4 billion yuan of pension insurance relief, small and medium-sized enterprises are 180.2 billion yuan, accounting for 82.5%. The differentiation and precision of the policy have been reflected.
According to him, in February and March, companies held three social insurance premiums of 28.6 billion yuan, including 25.4 billion yuan of pension insurance premiums. In addition, due to the influence of last year's policy of reducing social insurance premium rates, from January to March this year, enterprises across the country reduced three social insurance premiums by 129.6 billion yuan.
The national pension insurance balance has more than 5 trillion
Will the reduction and exemption of social insurance premiums, especially the deferred payment of pension insurance, affect the distribution of pensions?
Nie Mingjun explained that pension insurance involves a wide range, with companies and individuals paying in one hand, and pensions for retirees in one hand. On the whole, there is no problem with insurance issuance. The accumulated balance of the national enterprise pension insurance fund is more than 5 trillion yuan. It has a relatively solid material foundation. The main problem is that the structural contradictions between provinces are more prominent.
Nie Mingjun introduced that three measures have been taken to ensure the distribution: First, the organization of the fund central transfer system. In March, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs, together with the Ministry of Finance, issued the central transfer prepayment plan for the enterprise basic pension insurance fund for 2020. In early April, the transfer funds for the first quarter were fully allocated. In the course of implementation, special coordination released some funds in advance, and targeted an increase in the central transfer allocation for Hubei Province in the first quarter.
The second is to regularly schedule the capital arrangements of the provinces, and conduct a detailed investigation of the annual fund preparations to help coordinate fund scheduling issues. The third is to guide the provinces to speed up the provincial-level co-ordination work, solve the problem of unbalanced funds within the province, and better ensure the distribution of pensions throughout the province.
"As of now, 20 provinces across the country have implemented fund-level unified collection and expenditure of funds. By the end of the year, all provinces will implement unified fund collection and expenditure, not only to further enhance the guarantee function of the province's fund insurance issuance, but also for the realization of pensions. Nationwide national insurance lays a better foundation. "Nie Mingjun said that the next step will be to guide localities to continue to implement the phased reduction and exemption of social security premium policies, and at the same time strengthen the monitoring of local fund revenues and expenditures, and guide provinces to do a good job in fund scheduling to ensure pensions. Gold payment.