Some social insurance benefits originally scheduled to be released on February 15 will be advanced to February 8. The Ministry of Finance announced on February 1 that as of the end of 2023, the cumulative balance of the national basic pension insurance fund for enterprise employees has reached nearly 6 trillion yuan.
The aging of China's population is accelerating, and there is a high level of concern about whether pensions can be paid out in full and on time and whether the pension system can be sustained. Starting from March, various pension insurance benefits will return to normal times.