(China in the past ten years) Ministry of Veterans Affairs: More than 1.85 million new veterans have been received and placed in the past four years
China News Agency, Beijing, August 26 (Reporter Xing Chong) Ma Feixiong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China, said in Beijing on the 26th that over the past four years, more than 1.85 million new veterans have been received and placed, and transferred officers have been placed in party and government organs. And the ratio of participating units exceeds 80%.
On the same day, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a press conference on the high-quality development measures and results of the work of retired military personnel in the new era.
Ma Feixiong said at the meeting that on April 16, 2018, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs was established.
For more than 4 years, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs has focused on making soldiers a respected profession by the whole society and making veterans a person respected by the whole society, perfected policies and mechanisms, created a new situation for the work of veterans, and achieved remarkable results in placement and employment.
According to him, 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.
The preferential treatment card is a symbol of honor for retired soldiers.
In December last year, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs officially launched the application and issuance of preferential treatment cards.
According to Cao Jun, director of the Department of Support and Special Care of the Veterans Affairs Department, the application and issuance of preferential treatment cards is currently stable and orderly. As of 21:30 on August 25, 8.56 million preferential treatment cards have been produced. Complete the certification task of the stock object.
Cao Jun also said that the social preferential treatment enjoyed by the certificate adheres to both spiritual and material preferential treatment, and at the same time, the national and local preferential treatment is linked, and the government and social preferential treatment are coordinated.
"We believe that with the strong support of the government and the active participation of the society, the preferential treatment card will become more and more useful and easy to use." (End)