Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 28th Question: time is determined! Social security will usher in six major changes.

Xinhua News Agency reporters Jiang Lin and Peng Yunjia

The State Council recently issued "Opinions on Implementing the Division of Key Tasks in the Government Work Report", specifying the division of responsibilities and completion time of 44 key tasks. Among them, there are six social security-related policies that clarify the time schedule.

This means that our social security will usher in many new changes and get many new benefits.

How much is the retirement pension going up? Announced before the end of April

The 2021 government work report proposed to raise the basic pension for retirees. When can it go up? How much is it going up? The "Opinions" clarify that relevant policies will be issued before the end of April.

In 2020, the level of pension payment will increase, which will benefit 120 million people. This year, the treatment of retirees will continue to be raised, and pensions will rise for 17 consecutive years. How big the increase is, the answer will be announced soon.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the central government’s subsidies to pension funds continue to increase. The accumulated pension balance is 4.7 trillion yuan. It is estimated that the pension fund will have a slight balance after the income and expenditure break even in 2021, and the future pension payment will be guaranteed.

What is the personal pension system like? "Debut" before the end of September

The government work report proposes to standardize the development of the third pillar endowment insurance. For this work, the Opinions require that relevant policies be issued before the end of September.

The third pillar of endowment insurance includes two parts: personal pension supported by national tax policies and market-oriented personal commercial endowment financial business. Among them, the personal pension system has not yet been introduced.

Regarding the personal pension system, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that the overall consideration is based on the account system, voluntary participation of individuals, tax support from the state finance, and market-oriented investment and operation of funds.

According to industry insiders, its main purpose is to change people’s savings and pension into investment pension, and realize the preservation and appreciation of personal pension through long-term investment and operation in the market and long-term pension collection arrangements.

How to protect occupational injuries in new formats? Clear before the end of June

As for the government work report, "support and standardize the development of new employment forms and accelerate the pilot of occupational injury protection", the Opinions require the introduction of relevant policies before the end of June.

The Internet platform economy has spawned a large number of new jobs, and at the same time, the characteristics of de-employment and flexible labor relations have also made it impossible for new business practitioners such as take-away riders to obtain the protection of the current industrial injury insurance system.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said in an interview with reporters that the idea of occupational injury protection mode for new employment forms has been initially formed.

According to relevant experts, the pilot is planned to start from three industries: take-away, online car rental and instant delivery. Next, the policy will clarify the specific financing methods, guarantee conditions, treatment items and corresponding treatment standards.

Let go of the restrictions on household registration in places of employment and launch it before the end of September.

According to the deployment of the government work report, this year we should promote the liberalization of household registration restrictions for participating in social insurance in places of employment. The "Opinions" clarify that relevant policies will be issued before the end of September.

According to authoritative statistics, there are about 200 million flexible employees in China. At present, most cities have liberalized the household registration restrictions for flexible employees, especially in urban and rural areas of the province. However, there are still some megacities that require local household registration in order to be insured in the place of employment.

"It is mainly because some first-tier megacities have relatively high levels of social security such as pension and medical care. If the household registration restrictions are completely liberalized, it will bring greater financial expenditure pressure to the local area. This year, continuing to give social security subsidies to flexible employees and promoting the liberalization of household registration restrictions will become an important measure to stabilize employment and protect people’s livelihood. " Industry experts said.

The per capita subsidy for residents’ medical insurance will increase in 30 yuan, and the policy will be issued before the end of May.

According to the arrangement of the government work report, the per capita financial subsidy standards for residents’ medical insurance and basic public health services will be increased in 30 yuan and 5 yuan respectively. The "Opinions" require that relevant policies be issued before the end of May.

According to this calculation, the per capita financial subsidy standard for medical insurance for urban and rural residents will reach 580 yuan per person per year after being raised, and the 40 yuan of individual payment standard will be raised simultaneously to reach 320 yuan per person per year; The per capita financial subsidy standard for basic public health service funds will reach 79 yuan per person per year after being raised.

Full coverage of cross-provincial direct settlement of medical expenses will be completed before the end of 2022.

According to the government work report, at least one designated medical institution should be identified in each county by the end of next year to provide direct settlement of medical expenses including outpatient expenses across provinces. According to the Opinions, this work will be completed before the end of December 2022.

In February this year, 15 provinces and autonomous regions were added as pilot projects for direct settlement of general outpatient expenses (excluding chronic and special outpatient diseases) across provinces. At present, 27 provinces in China have carried out trial operation of inter-provincial direct settlement of outpatient expenses.