[Photo shows "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan"] The largest network covering urban and rural areas
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, my country has basically established a social security system covering urban and rural residents. The construction of a multi-level social security system has been accelerated, and the social security network has continued to be tightly woven.
In the past five years, the number of people participating in pension insurance, unemployment, and work-related injuries has continued to increase.
Statistics from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security show that the number of people participating in basic pension insurance across the country increased from 887.77 million at the end of 2016 to 976.1 million in June this year, basically achieving full coverage of legal personnel; the number of people participating in unemployment insurance increased from 180.89 million at the end of 2016 As of June this year, 207.54 million; the number of people participating in work injury insurance increased from 218.89 million at the end of 2016 to 256.44 million in June this year, covering most occupational groups.
As more people are included in the scope of social security, the security capacity of the social security system has continued to increase.
According to data, as of the end of 2019, the cumulative balance of my country's pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance funds exceeded 6.9 trillion yuan, and the scale of the fund continued to expand; the entrusted investment scale of the basic pension insurance fund exceeded one trillion yuan, and the average annual investment yield exceeded 5.5%. .
Thanks to the rapid economic development over the years, my country’s corporate pension insurance funds have accumulated a considerable “family foundation” and have relatively strong overall support capabilities.
As of the first half of this year, the number of social security card holders in my country was 1.315 billion, and the application for electronic social security cards exceeded 200 million. Mobile payment applications for electronic social security cards were opened in 213 regions of 27 provinces, basically establishing the largest society in the world. Protect the safety net.
In 2016, the International Social Security Association awarded the Chinese government the "Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Security", which also reflects the effectiveness of my country's social security system.
(Source of this article: Economic Daily)