China News Service, August 26. The Central Propaganda Department held a series of press conferences on the theme of "China's Decade" on August 26, introducing the measures and results of high-quality development of veterans' work in the new era.
Ma Feixiong, Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, introduced at the meeting that on April 16, 2018, the Veterans Affairs Department was established.
Over the past four years, more than 1.85 million retired soldiers have been newly received and placed, and more than 80% of the transferred officers have been placed in party and government organs and public service units.
Data map: Guizhou Qianxinan Prefecture held a consultation meeting on the employment policy of retired military personnel.
Photo by China News Agency reporter He Junyi
Ma Feixiong said that over the past four years, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs has focused on making soldiers a profession respected by the whole society and making veterans a person respected by the whole society, perfecting policies, improving mechanisms, and paying close attention to implementation, creating a new situation for the work of veterans. The sense of achievement, happiness and honor of retired soldiers has been continuously enhanced.
First, the Party's leadership has been comprehensively strengthened.
The central government has formulated opinions on strengthening the work of retired soldiers in the new era, and the reform plan of the policy and system for retired soldiers. Work to make top-level design and institutional arrangements.
At or above the county level, the Party Committee has generally established a leading organization for the work of retired military personnel, and the work operation mechanism has been improved. The party's leadership over the work of retired military personnel has been comprehensively strengthened.
The second is to establish and improve the "three systems".
All administrative agencies for retired military affairs at or above the county level have been established in place. More than 600,000 service centers (stations) for six-level retired military have been built from the country to the village (community), and more than 4,000 public institutions and more than 700 have been transferred, received, and established. Social organizations, administrative organs, service systems, and social forces under the leadership of the Party have basically completed an organizational management system.
Establish and improve the military-civilian joint office mechanism, promote the inclusion of the work of retired military personnel in the assessment of local party and government teams and leading cadres, and gradually improve the work operation system of systematic linkage and joint military and local efforts.
The "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Veterans", as my country's first special law on veterans, was officially implemented on January 1, 2021. Hundreds of supporting policies covering ideological and political, employment placement, preferential treatment and praise, and service guarantees have been issued. , a policy system system that reflects respect and respect, and pays equal attention to service management and security has basically taken shape.
Third, the employment placement has achieved remarkable results.
Deepen the reform of the resettlement system for retired military personnel, innovatively carry out the "through train" resettlement of transferred officers, improve the "sunshine resettlement" working mechanism, and continuously improve the quality of resettlement.
Over the past four years, more than 1.85 million retired soldiers have been newly received and placed, and more than 80% of the transferred officers have been placed in party and government organs and public service units.
Establish a monthly payment of retirement benefits resettlement system, implement a working mechanism for immediate retirement, and speed up the acceptance and placement of retired soldiers and disabled soldiers.
Focusing on promoting more adequate and higher-quality employment for retired military personnel, policy documents such as the "Opinions on Promoting Outstanding Retired Soldiers to Teach in Primary and Secondary Schools" have been issued to help 2.26 million veterans achieve employment and entrepreneurship.
Fourth, the service guarantee continued to improve.
Year after year, the pension subsidy standard for some special care recipients has been raised.
Some retired soldiers were organized to pay the basic endowment insurance in a centralized manner, 2.853 million people enjoyed policy dividends, and the medical insurance supplementary payment entered the normalized processing stage.
Complete the collection of basic information on retired military personnel and other special care recipients across the country, and carry out the establishment of files and cards on a regular basis.
Fully start the application and issuance of preferential treatment certificates for retired soldiers and other special care objects.
Established the "Military Retirement University for the Elderly" and built a network of "Military Retirement Centers" with convenient services.
Establish a new profession of "retired military affairs officer" to improve the level of professional services.
Carry out the "Love for Veterans" action, play the role of the care fund for veterans, and help solve problems.
Fifth, the atmosphere of respect is growing stronger.
The National Work Conference for Retired Soldiers, the National Double Support Model City (County) Naming and Double Support Model Unit and Individual Commendation Conference were held. General Secretary Xi Jinping cordially met with the representatives of the conference twice, and the vast number of retired soldiers and system cadres and workers were greatly encouraged.
In-depth publicity of Zhang Fuqing's old hero and other advanced models, organized a series of activities such as "Veterans Always Follow the Party", created a veteran-themed drama "Soldiers Heart", and carried out the study and publicity of "the most beautiful retired soldiers" and "the most beautiful supporters of the army".
Establish and improve mechanisms such as farewells for recruits, hanging of honorable cards, good news for meritorious deeds, welcome to return home after retiring, listing of directories and deeds in local chronicles, etc., so that respecting retired soldiers and respecting the profession of the military has become a social consensus.
Since 2014, it has welcomed the remains of 825 Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea for 8 consecutive years for burial.
We carried out the activity of "Loving Border and Coast Defence Officers and Soldiers" to support the military and give priority to their families, perfected the "dual list" mechanism for the mutual handling of practical affairs between the military and the locality, and further consolidated the unity of the military, the government, the military and the people.