On February 29, the State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on State Council policies to introduce the work of State Council departments in handling suggestions from National People's Congress deputies and proposals from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2023.
At the meeting, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that the representatives have paid extensive attention to the "one card" service for residents with social security cards and put forward good suggestions and proposals in terms of enriching application scenarios and developing special services. Human Resources and Social Security The Ministry of Security has carefully studied and adopted it.
As of the end of January 2024, the number of cardholders nationwide reached 1.38 billion, covering 97.9% of the population, of which 970 million people received electronic social security cards at the same time. In 2023, services will be provided to 15.1 billion people.
The “all-in-one card” application has shown positive results.
Li Zhong pointed out that the “all-in-one card” service system has been initially established.
The working mechanisms of regional coordination, departmental coordination, and ministry-provincial collaboration for the “One Card” in various regions have been continuously improved, and six provinces have completed the “One Card” legislation.
The electronic social security card has opened a national "all-in-one card" service area and is connected with the national government service platform, and its application service capabilities have been continuously enhanced.
The application scenarios of “all-in-one card” are becoming increasingly abundant.
First of all, "card use for all businesses" has been basically realized in the field of human resources and social security, and employment subsidies and social security benefits are generally issued through social security cards.
All localities have actively expanded the application of "one card" in the fields of government services, medical treatment and drug purchase, transportation, cultural tourism and other fields. It has fully supported cross-provincial pension collection, direct settlement of medical treatment in other places and other services, and most regions have included fiscal subsidy funds to benefit people and farmers. The issuance of social security cards has also been extended to include scholarships and bursaries, work-for-service remuneration, etc. in some areas, providing a full range of convenient services to the masses.
Li Zhong said that in the next step, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will work with relevant departments to implement the "one thing" of social security card resident services, continue to deepen the provincial "one card", vigorously promote the regional "one card", and gradually realize the national "one card" All-in-one card”.
(Li Jiali)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]