Perspectives on the Social Security System of China
Extension of Social Security Working Paper No. 25
111 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2007
Date Written: 2006
Abstract
The chapters present a survey of the history over the last 50 years of the development of the social security in China, tracking at least the major changes. The commentary has been structured around a description and analysis of each of the different schemes of social insurance (providing respectively, pension, health care, work injury, unemployment benefits and maternity), as they have developed historically and been implemented in rather different conditions prevailing in the thirty or so provinces and municipalities of the country, together with the main schemes of social assistance. Within that commentary will be found, naturally, pointers to the main issues seen at present and likely in the forthcoming years to exercise the attention of policy-makers, together with some guidance as to the advantages and disadvantages of different options, reflecting the international experience and perceptions of the team of authors, and within the framework of principles which guide all of the ILO's work in social security.
Keywords: ILO pub, social security, social insurance, financing, scope of coverage, eligibility, China
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