The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the amendment to the Charity Law and the promulgation of the Regulations on the Handling of Social Insurance and other important reforms in the field of social security, and was selected as one of the top ten social security events in China in 2023.
The top ten annual events in the field of social security is a routine activity carried out by the Chinese Social Security Association at the end of each year, aiming to select and rank the important annual social security events in the field of social security in China from the perspective of the academic community, so as to comprehensively, objectively and rationally reflect the progress of China's social security reform and development, and leave key traces of the development of social security.
Among the top ten events of China's social security in 2023, the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Construction of the Basic Pension Service System", the Seventh Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress passed the amendment to the "Charity Law of the People's Republic of China", and the "Regulations on the Handling of Social Insurance" ranked among the top three.
Zheng Gongcheng, President of the China Social Security Association, said that the major events in the field of social security in China in 2023 particularly reflect that China has taken firm steps in the construction of the rule of law and the improvement of the social security service system, and is promoting the reform of the social security system in the direction of providing higher quality protection and services for all people.
Zheng Gongcheng said that on the one hand, the newly promulgated Law on the Construction of Barrier-free Environment by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 2023 fills the gap of the previous law, provides a legal basis and institutional guarantee for the comprehensive construction of a barrier-free environment, and then provides a new legal basis for improving people's livelihood and well-being, especially the barrier-free environment and well-being of the disabled, the elderly, and children. The Charity Law of the People's Republic of China, as amended by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, adapts to the development requirements of the new era, and makes new regulations on emergency charity, online charity, community charity, and the construction of individual help-seeking platforms, laying a more solid foundation for philanthropy to enter a stage of high-quality development. At the same time, the promulgation of the "Regulations on Social Insurance Administration", as the first administrative regulation in the field of social insurance management, will inevitably promote the legalization, standardization and refinement of social security system services to ensure that the public enjoys more efficient public services. On the other hand, in 2023, the national level focused on promoting the comprehensive development of the basic public service system. A series of important policy documents related to basic people's livelihood and well-being, including basic pension services, rural medical and health systems, basic public education service systems, and national basic public service standards, have been promulgated, making systematic plans for building a high-quality and balanced basic public service system, and clarifying goals, tasks and implementation strategies. With the implementation of these policies, people's participation, sense of gain and happiness will be significantly improved.
Top 10 Social Security Events in China in 2023.