Our reporter Han Bingzhi

  Various localities adopt measures such as "rating adjustment, linkage adjustment, and appropriate tilt" to implement adjustments in accordance with local conditions. At present, pensions are being paid out in various places one after another, and some areas have been paid in place. At the same time, this year’s pension insurance fund’s central adjustment ratio has increased to 4%, the adjustment fund scale has reached 740 billion yuan, and the inter-provincial adjustment has exceeded 170 billion yuan, which strongly supports difficult provinces, and pension funds can be paid on time and in full.

  At present, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, fiscal revenue has slowed down, and the pressure on the income and expenditure of pension insurance funds has further increased, but the level of pension benefits this year has still achieved a "universal increase." According to Nie Mingjun, Director of the Pension Insurance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, as of July 21, 25 provinces have introduced specific pension insurance benefits adjustment plans for their regions.

  According to incomplete statistics, recently Beijing, Gansu, Jilin, Fujian, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hunan, Hubei and other places have successively released specific adjustment plans for pensions this year. According to relevant national regulations, various localities adopt measures such as "rating adjustment, linkage adjustment, and appropriate tilt" to implement adjustments in accordance with local conditions. At present, pensions are being paid out in various places one after another, and some areas have been paid in place.

  Continue to adjust the basic pension

  In April of this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance, with the approval of the State Council, issued a notice to adjust the basic pension for retirees this year, with an adjustment level of 5%. This is the 16th consecutive year since 2005 that the state has adjusted the basic pensions for corporate retirees, and it is also the fifth consecutive year since 2016 that it has simultaneously arranged to increase the pension levels of retirees from enterprises and institutions.

  It is reported that adjustment methods combining quota adjustment, linkage adjustment and appropriate tilt adjustment are generally adopted in various places. Among them, the quota adjustment reflects social justice; the linkage adjustment reflects the incentive mechanism of "paying more, earning more" and "paying more for long-term payment", so that people who pay more and pay more for long-term pay while on the job receive more pensions.

  The reporter combed and found that the amount of quota adjustment varies from place to place. From the perspective of local plans, Tibet, with more quota adjustments, will increase 80 yuan per person per month; Jiangsu, where quota adjustments are less, will increase by 34 yuan per person per month.

  At the same time, some regions announced an increase in the basic pension for urban and rural residents. Beijing has made it clear that for those who have received basic pensions for urban and rural residents' basic endowment insurance and who enjoy old-age security benefits before December 31, 2019, an increase of 20 yuan per person per month will be added from January 1, 2020. After the adjustment, the average monthly basic pension for urban and rural residents in Beijing reached 830 yuan, and the average welfare pension was 745 yuan.

  Maintain a preference for retirees in remote areas

  The reporter noticed that various localities continue to provide care for elderly retirees and retirees from remote areas in difficult and remote areas in the course of appropriate tilt adjustments. The pensions for the above-mentioned retirees have relatively increased.

  For example, Shaanxi has made it clear that for persons between 70 and 74 years old, an increase of 10 yuan per person per month; persons between 75 and 79 years old, an increase of 20 yuan per person per month; and persons 80 and above, an increase of 30 yuan per person per month.

  In addition, some areas have adjusted their pension standards to take care of the hardship and remote areas. Hunan made it clear that the first category of retirees in difficult and remote areas will increase by another 10 yuan per month, and the second category of retirees in difficult and remote areas will increase by another 15 yuan per month. Hubei has made it clear that adjustment targets in difficult and remote areas within the scope of the national regulations will increase by 15 yuan per person per month.

  At the same time, all provinces have also made adjustments to the pensions for retired corporate cadres to ensure that the basic pension for retired corporate cadres is not lower than the average level of local corporate retirees.

  Multi-provinces are issued before the end of July

  In the context of the implementation of the phased reduction and exemption of social insurance premiums, many people are particularly concerned about whether pensions can be paid on time and in full. In this regard, Nie Mingjun emphasized that the reduction and exemption policy has undergone repeated research, careful evaluation and precise calculation in advance, and it is based on the premise that the pension must be paid on time and in full.

  "The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has fully predicted the difficulty of guaranteeing the distribution of different provinces, and will increase funding and support for the provinces with difficulties in guarantee distribution." Nie Mingjun said that this year the proportion of the central government adjustment of the fund will increase to 4%. Reached 740 billion yuan, and more than 170 billion yuan was transferred across provinces. At the beginning of April this year, the adjustment fund for the first quarter was allocated, and the adjustment fund for the second quarter in mid-June was also all allocated, which strongly supported the provinces in difficulty to ensure the payment.

  When will the adjusted pension be paid in place?

  Most provinces expressly require that the new part be issued before the end of July this year. Fujian has made it clear that the adjusted and increased basic pension payments will be put in place by the end of July this year. Shaanxi has made it clear that by the end of July, it will ensure that all the basic pensions for the adjustment and increase of corporate retirees are paid in place, and government agencies and institutions will basically be paid in place.

  In addition, in terms of system construction, there are also fundamental system arrangements for ensuring long-term distribution. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice clarifying that each provincial government must earnestly assume the main responsibilities, accelerate the promotion of the three provincial-level coordination of social insurance, and ensure that the basic pension insurance fund for enterprise employees will be realized by the end of 2020. Unified revenue and expenditure at all levels to ensure that all social insurance benefits are paid on time and in full.

  Nie Mingjun said that at present, 26 provinces have achieved standardized provincial-level overall planning, and the remaining provinces will also achieve unified provincial-level fund revenue and expenditure before the end of this year.

  "Regular provincial-level overall planning can not only further improve the ability of the province to use funds in a unified manner, ensure the province's pension payment, but also lay a good foundation for the next implementation of national overall planning." Nie Mingjun said.

Han Bingzhi