On March 5, the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress opened.
Premier Li Qiang mentioned in his work report that the minimum monthly standard for basic pensions for urban and rural residents was increased by 20 yuan.
This indicates that once the policy is implemented, those over 60 years old in rural areas will receive a pension of 20 yuan per month.
Before the convening of the two sessions, there was a proposal to raise farmers' pensions by 100 yuan. This made many netizens admire.
Although 20 yuan is much smaller than 100, the increase of 20 yuan is real, and it is basically a sure thing; And what about $100? It's just a suggestion from the *** table.
For the small 20 yuan, many people are dismissive: is it worth being grateful to Dade for just such a little money?
Indeed, it is just the money for a box of cigarettes and a cup of milk tea for young people, but it is really not light for the elderly in rural areas - it may be two days of food for the elderly, or a week's medicine for the elderly, or a month's electricity bill for the elderly.
Many people can't imagine that those rural elderly who have lost their labor force have meager pensions. 
Therefore, don't look down on the 20 yuan rise, it is the most tangible benefit for the rural elderly in poor areas.
**10,000 fans incentive plan rises by 20 yuan per month, which is really not much.
However, the minimum standard for our previous pension for rural residents was 103 yuan. Remove with 20 to 103 to get 194% growth rate.
The basic pension of urban and rural residents increased by 19 percent year-on-year4%, which is the highest in recent years.
When it comes to pension growth, we can't ignore another background, which is the inflation rate. If the society is in a serious inflation, and the money is not spent, then the pension will be drowned in inflation.
However, the data shows that China's inflation rate in 2023 is 2%, which is both lower than the global rate of 34%, also for China in 2022 4%. From this point of view, a monthly increase of 20 yuan in peasant pensions is equivalent to squeezing out some of the water of inflation.
Furthermore, do you know what the number of peasant elders in the country is? 1.700 million! Multiply this figure by 20 yuan, which is 3.4 billion yuan. 
In short, this expenditure alone will cost the state more than 40 billion yuan a year. Keep in mind that this is only an extra expense per year, not the total number of pensions for rural residents each year.
The base of the elderly in rural areas is too large, and if the peasant pension really rises by 100 yuan per month, it must be an astronomical amount.
Therefore, if there is no strong economic development as the foundation, it may not be easy for the peasants' pensions to rise to hundreds of yuan.
If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are Which of the country's financial expenditures on education, medical care, pension, transfer payments, etc., does not need to be carefully calculated?
In fact, in the premier's report, there is another figure related to the vital interests of urban and rural people, that is, the financial subsidy standard for medical insurance for urban and rural residents will be increased by 30 yuan to 670 yuan per person per year.
At present, the medical security fund for urban and rural residents is 1,020 yuan, including 640 yuan of state financial subsidies and 380 yuan paid by individuals.
From 2024, the state-subsidized medical insurance subsidy will be increased by 30 yuan to 670 yuan.
This means that the ability to guarantee medical insurance for urban and rural residents will be further enhanced.
However, the benefits of a 30 yuan increase in the medical insurance standard for urban and rural residents are far less affordable than a 20 yuan increase in the pension of rural residents, and it can be "seen" and "touched" by the elderly in rural areas.
We hope that the life of the elderly in rural areas will get better and better, that the pension of the elderly in rural areas will rise to hundreds of yuan, that the gap between urban and rural pensions will become smaller and smaller, and that all the elderly can live their old age with dignity.