Xi Jinping: Improve the basic pension insurance system for urban and rural residents, basic medical insurance, and serious illness insurance system, improve the minimum living security system, and improve the care and service system for left-behind children, women, and the elderly in rural areas.

　　This passage is from a speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping on March 8, 2019, when he participated in the deliberations of the Henan delegation at the Second Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress.

　　The "three left-behind" groups of rural left-behind children, left-behind women, and left-behind elderly people have always been the focus of attention from all walks of life. It is a phased problem in the process of my country's industrialization, urbanization, marketization, and economic and social development. It is a profound reflection of problems such as imbalance, unequal public services, and imperfect social security.

In recent years, with the accelerated flow of rural labor to cities, the number of left-behind children, women and the elderly in rural areas is huge. Their ability to receive compulsory education, develop production, become rich and start businesses, and self-protection is still relatively weak. The social security of rural left-behind groups The demand is getting higher and higher.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has adhered to the people-centered development idea, and placed the construction of the social security system in a more prominent position. All localities have insisted on adapting measures to local conditions and implementing precise policies. A lot of work has been done in terms of social security, social assistance, and emotional care.

Over the past ten years, the coverage of basic people's livelihood security in my country has continued to expand. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has included de facto unsupported children in the scope of government protection, established a care service system for the elderly, women, and children left behind in rural areas, and established a minor protection work system. Left-behind children The rescue and protection mechanism is operating effectively.

Up to now, 55,000 child supervisors and 667,000 child directors have been deployed across the country. They have provided caring services for local children on a regular basis. In terms of improving the welfare of the elderly, old-age allowances for the elderly, service subsidies for the elderly in financial difficulties, disability The elderly care subsidy system has achieved full coverage at the provincial level.

At the same time, we have strengthened the basic security for the elderly in need. 14.2 million elderly people have been included in the urban and rural subsistence allowances, and 3.717 million elderly people have been included in the special poverty support.

　　Today, we are moving towards the second centenary goal.

In the new journey, we must implement the people-centered development idea, continuously improve the basic pension insurance system, basic medical insurance, and serious illness insurance system for urban and rural residents, improve the minimum living security system, and improve the social security system for rural left-behind groups.

On the one hand, it is necessary to increase investment to ensure that the basic life of rural left-behind groups is taken care of and public services are guaranteed; on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen grassroots governance and give full play to the role of each grassroots party branch, village committee, clinic and family , through the establishment and improvement of rural cultural centers, health centers, happy canteens, etc., to enhance the sense of gain, security, and belonging of rural left-behind groups.

In addition, it is necessary to introduce social forces and social capital to provide family companionship, life care, spiritual comfort, legal assistance and other services for rural left-behind people; to broaden the number of rural left-behind groups by holding various training courses, cultural going to the countryside, social welfare activities, etc. The channel of interpersonal communication, so that every left-behind child, woman and the elderly can truly feel the care of the "big family".

　　Special expert of this issue: Feng Danmeng Rural Economic Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs