Abstract
Social welfare in China is intricately interwoven with political and economic activities. A term ‘she hui bao zhang’ corresponding to ‘social security’ is often used to refer to measures of social protection and social provision. It consists of three main programmes:
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Social insurance: occupational and state social security programmes usually provided by the work units covering the loss of income in contingencies.
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Social welfare: social services provided by work units, the neighbourhoods, and the government.
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Social relief: assistance provided by the government and the collectives to ex-servicemen, poverty-stricken households, and victims of natural disasters.
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Leung, J.C.B. (1995). Social Welfare Reforms. In: Benewick, R., Wingrove, P. (eds) China in the 1990s. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15016-8_19
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