my country’s employment situation has been stable for a long time, and the world’s largest social security system has been established
A wide range of employment channels to protect the dense network
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Let the common people live a good life is the starting point and end of all our work."
For 100 years, the Communist Party of China has always strived to improve the well-being of the people.
Today, hundreds of millions of people are firmly holding their jobs, 998 million people have pension insurance, and 1.36 billion people have medical insurance. The world's largest social security system is fully functional, and development results benefit all people more equitably.
There are gains from work, old-age care, medical care for sickness, and help for the poor... Today in China, the people's life is becoming more and more stable and stable.
Stable employment and sweeter life
In Sanming, Fujian, with a mobile phone and a selfie stick, the 53-year-old Tang Fu'e sang folk songs and sold special products to get rid of poverty and became wealthy.
In Changsha, Hunan, a post-90s college student Yang Qifan started his business as soon as he graduated, receiving orders and busy production, getting closer and closer to his dream.
Handan, Hebei, with a computer and a network cable. Han Xinyu, a one-armed guy, becomes a "cloud customer service" in the tube building. He has a guaranteed life and a happy life...
Before the founding of New China, the economy was sluggish, and many urban laborers were unemployed.
Looking at today, hundreds of millions of workers have "rice bowls" in their hands, and their lives are getting sweeter and sweeter.
Employment is stable and "rice bowls" are increasing.
The scale of employment has increased from 180 million at the end of 1949 to 750 million in 2020.
Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the employment priority strategy and active employment policy have been accelerated to promote the realization of more adequate and higher-quality employment.
From 2013 to 2019, more than 13 million new jobs were created in cities and towns in my country for 7 consecutive years. Employment is steadily improving. The “rice bowl” is getting stronger and stronger, and there are more and more opportunities for workers to make a difference in life.
Income increases, "pocket bag" bulges.
Where there is work, there is money to be made.
In 2020, the average annual salary of employees in enterprises above designated size nationwide will reach 79,854 yuan.
With the advancement of the reform of the income distribution system, governments at all levels "raise, expand, and control the height", the income gap between urban and rural residents has been narrowing, and the Gini coefficient has generally shown a downward trend.
Straighten up the "waist bar" and increase the quality of employment.
The implementation of "weekends and weekends", the full implementation of the labor contract system, and the introduction of a paid annual leave system...The annual legal rest days for workers have increased from 59 days when the People's Republic of China was founded to 120 days now, and work and life are more balanced; in 2019, national enterprise labor The contract signing rate has reached more than 90%, the labor market has become more dynamic, and the employment stability of laborers has been continuously improved.
The guarantee is strong, the days go by, the more practical
Social security is a basic system guarantee for guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood, maintaining social equity, and enhancing people's well-being.
Our party has always attached great importance to the improvement of people's livelihood and social security, and has continuously woven a dense social security net for the people.
Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's social security construction has been fully developed, the coverage of insurance has been expanded, benefits have been steadily improved, and services have become increasingly convenient.
The protection becomes stronger and stronger, and the people's lives become more and more practical.
——To realize the dream of living in peace, it is very comfortable to live there.
“The whole house is full of sunshine in the morning!” In 2016, Tianjin citizen Zhu Liying bid farewell to the 10-square-meter shanty “little black house” and moved into the “sun room” of more than 80 square meters. “The new house has running water and heating. You no longer have to line up outside to go to the toilet, thanks to the shed's improved policy!"
Initiating large-scale shantytown renovation, implementing public rental housing, and implementing rural dilapidated housing renovation. In recent years, my country has continuously increased housing security.
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period alone, more than 23 million shed reforms nationwide started, helping more than 50 million residents realize their dreams of living in peace.
——The elderly are provided with support, and the pension benefits are steadily increasing.
"Pension increases every year, and life is delicious." When mentioning pension benefits, Li Xifang, a citizen of Nan'an City, Fujian gave a thumbs up, "After more than 20 years of retirement, his pension has increased by more than three times. Now the monthly pension is more than 3,000 yuan. Life is very rich."
Establish a basic endowment insurance system for enterprise employees, start a new rural insurance pilot, merge the new rural insurance and urban housing insurance, and implement the "Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China"... my country has established an endowment insurance system from scratch, and the coverage of endowment insurance has been since 1993. The number of 98.48 million people increased to 998 million in 2020, and nearly 290 million people receive basic pensions on a monthly basis.
In 2016, the International Social Security Association awarded the Chinese government the "Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Security", commending China's outstanding achievements in expanding social security coverage.
——You can get medical care for your sickness, so you don’t have to worry about seeing a doctor.
In 1966, in Dujia Village, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province, New China's first rural cooperative medical care trial was born; in the 1990s, the construction of the urban employee medical insurance system kicked off; in 2002, the construction of a new rural cooperative medical system began; In 2007, the pilot medical insurance system for urban residents was launched... The Chinese ushered in a welcome change in universal medical insurance.
This medical insurance network has 1.36 billion people insured, and its coverage has stabilized at over 95%; the problem of reimbursement in different places has been gradually solved, more and more good medicines have been included in the reimbursement scope, and the level of protection has been steadily improved.
——Poverty helps, and the policy "gift package" brings warmth.
"500 yuan a month is really a charcoal in the snow!" Sun Shun, a 56-year-old resident of Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, was very moved after receiving the unemployment subsidy.
During the epidemic prevention and control period, older workers like Sun Shun sometimes find it difficult to find a job. “Thanks to the party and the government thinking about us, we can receive 6-month unemployment benefits in times of difficulty.”
"160,000 yuan has given us new hope!" In April 2020, Xiao Qilan in Ruijin City, Jiangxi suffered a work injury.
Fortunately, the unit helped her enroll in work-related injury insurance. Not only did she receive a reimbursement of 160,000 yuan for medical expenses within the prescribed range, she also received a one-time disability subsidy, and she was able to receive a monthly disability allowance, so her basic life was guaranteed.
Unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance, and the minimum living guarantee system... With the support of a number of powerful measures, we have been able to help the weak, the hard to help, and the poor. The “bottom line” scale has risen one after another. The livelihood temperature of the people is transmitted to thousands of households.
Deepen reform, the stage is getting wider and wider
In 2012, Xu Liang gave up a high-paying position in a Fortune 500 company and chose to return to his hometown to start a business.
In just four years, the Fuxing Food Co., Ltd. he founded became the largest Chinese pastry manufacturer in Yiyang, Hunan, with 50 employees. "With the good policies of the party, I can also create more jobs for the society!"
Behind the long-term stability of my country’s employment situation and a more complete security system is the continuous deepening of reforms.
—— Reform stimulates innovation and creativity, allowing more entrepreneurs to enjoy policy dividends.
Vigorously expand the areas that allow individuals to start businesses, continuously lower the threshold for applying for enterprises, and simplify registration procedures... Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, reform measures have been launched one after another to make more people want to start businesses and dare to start businesses.
In 2020 alone, there will be about 25 million new market entities nationwide.
The establishment of entrepreneurial secured loans, the construction of entrepreneurial incubation bases, and the extensive promotion of entrepreneurial training... a series of practical support measures have been implemented to provide entrepreneurs with a chance to start a business and create a good business.
-Reform breaks the shackles of the system and mechanism, allowing more employment forms to continue to emerge.
"As long as you are not afraid of hardship and tiredness, you can run more orders." Li Song, a young man from Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan, registered online as a takeaway rider and now earns more than 8,000 yuan a month.
Since the reform and opening up, our country has completely broken the employment system of “one package and unified allocation” and established and improved a market employment mechanism.
In 1987, the first talent market was established. By the end of 2020, there were 45,800 human resource service organizations nationwide.
In 2020, human resources service agencies have helped workers achieve employment, job selection and mobility up to 290 million times, and the market has played a decisive role in the allocation of human resources.
Full-time, part-time, freelance, new forms of employment... Some positions no longer have rigid working hours and location restrictions. New occupations continue to emerge, and employment channels are becoming wider and wider.
——The reform further enhances the sustainability of the social security system and minimizes the worries of workers.
Promote steadily the reform of the old-age insurance system for government agencies and institutions to further enhance the fairness of the system; improve the support policies for urban and rural residents in need of endowment insurance, and promote the full coverage of basic old-age insurance; implement the central adjustment system of the basic old-age insurance fund for enterprise employees to balance the area To promote the national co-ordination of endowment insurance and accelerate the construction of a multi-level social security system; optimize the handling services and implement electronic social security cards to make it easier for the people to enjoy social security services... Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s social security The reform is strong, the development speed is fast, and the coverage is wide.
One by one reforms have identified the focus, covered blind spots, and built a bottom line of happiness for workers.
"Achieving fuller and higher-quality employment" "Accelerating the improvement of a multi-level social security system covering all people, coordinating urban and rural areas, fair, unified, and sustainable"-the beautiful blueprint outlined in the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline, making people more full of the future confidence.
With dreams and struggles, there is a rush day by day!
Coordinator for this issue: Lu Yanan and Liu Zhiqiang
Layout design: Zhang Fangman
Data source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
Li Xinping