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The “Suggestions on Preparing the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” of the CPC Central Committee clearly points out that a more equitable and sustainable social security system should be established during the Period of the thirteenth Five-Year Plan.
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Source of data: Statistical Bulletin on the Development of Health and Family Planning Services in 2013, and the website of the Commission of Health and Family Planning.
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Source of data: Statistical Bulletin on the Development of Human Resources and Social Security Services in 2013.
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Website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, The Development of Human Resources and Social Security Work in Q3 of 2015 and Arrangements of Work for the Next Step, October 27, 2015.
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Source of data: “Another 100% Rise in Enterprise Retirees’ Basic Old-age Pension after 11 Consecutive Rises”, http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/n/2015/0116/c1004-26396343.html.
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Note: according to the provisions in the “Social Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China”, individuals participating in basic medical insurance for employees whose cumulative premium payment period reaches the period stipulated by the State at the time they reach the statutory retirement age will no longer pay basic medical insurance premiums after they retire and may then enjoy basic medical insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State; if cumulative premium payment has not reached the period stipulated by the State, he/she may continue to pay premiums until reaching the period stipulated by the State.
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Note: Arranged and calculated on the basis of the data in China Statistics Yearbook 2011–2014 and the Statistical Bulletin of the Development of Human Resource and Social Security Services in 2014.
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Note: The post-payment system means that a patient, after the occurrence of expenses, goes to a handling institution for reimbursement or applies for reduction in a medical institution, and the amount of reimbursement or reduction is calculated according to the actual amount incurred.
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General Office of the State Council, “Opinions on Establishing the Urban and Rural Residents’ Serious Illness Medical Insurance System”, official website of the State Council, at http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2015-08/02/content_10041.htm, accessed on November 4, 2015.
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Guan Xinping (2014), Towards a More Proactive Social Assistance System: On the Direction of Reform of China’s Social Assistance System in the New Situation, China Public Administration, 2014 (7), pp. 16–20.
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Lin Mingang (2015), Reflection on Government Purchase of Social Assistance Services, Administration Reform, 2015 (8), pp. 24–27.
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Han Keqing (2015), The Reform and Development of China’s Social Assistance System, Teaching and Research, 2015 (2), 29–35.
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This article was published in The Journal of Liaoning University, 2016 (1).
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Wang, Y. (2017). Establishing a More Equitable and Sustainable Social Security System. In: Social Security in China: On the Possibility of Equitable Distribution in the Middle Kingdom. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5643-7_9
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