The social security system in China is changing with the change of its economic system, which differs from that of many other market economies. During the decades between the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and 1978, when China adopted the reform and opening-up policies, the country practiced a social security policy corresponding to its planned economy system, providing social security services to its people as best as it could. But since the establishment of the socialist market economy system in the mid-1980s, a series of reforms have been introduced to change the old social security system, and a basic framework for a new social security system has been set up corresponding to the socialist market economy system, with the central and local governments sharing different levels of responsibility.

Foreword

Chapter 1 Establishing and Developing a New Social Security System

 Section 1 Overview of the Social Security System in China

 Section 2 Historic Evolution and Development of Social Security in China

 Section 3 Basic Appraisal of China's Social Security System, and Its Reform and Improvement

Chapter 2 Old Age Insurance

 Section 1 Background

 Section 2 Challenges Faced by the Old Age Insurance Sys- tem in China

 Section 3 Measures for Developing Old Age Insurance

 Section 4 Old Age Insurance for the Rural Areas

Chapter 3 Unemployment Insurance

 Section 1 Establishment and Development of Unemployment Insurance in China

 Section 2 Merger of Basic Livelihood Guarantee for Laid-off SOE Employees with Unemployment Insurance

 Section 3 Further Improvement of the Unemployment In- surance System

Chapter 4 Medical Insurance

 Section 1 Development of Medical Insurance System in China

 Section 2 Reform of the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban Employees

 Section 3 Multi-level Medical Security System

 Section 4 Achievements and Challenges in the Reform of the Medical Insurance System

 Section 5 Rural Cooperative Medical Care

Chapter 5 Industrial Injury Insurance

 Section 1 Establishment and Development of China's Indus- trial Injury Insurance System

 Section 2 Further Improving China's Industrial Injury Insur- ance System

Chapter 6 Maternity Insurance

 Section 1 Establishment and Development of China's Ma- ternity Insurance System

 Section 2 Reform of Maternity Insurance System

Chapter 7 Supplementary Insurance

 Section 1 Establishment and Development of Enterprise Annuities

 Section 2 Supplementary Medical Insurance

Chapter 8 Social Relief and Social Welfare

 Section 1 Subsistence Allowance System for Urban Residents

 Section 2 Exploration for Social Relief in Rural Areas

 Section 3 Special Care to Disadvantaged Groups

Chapter 9 Operation and Management of Social Security Funds

 Section 1 Collection and Management of Social Security Funds

 Section 2 Social Security Funds Investment

Chapter 10 Social Security Management

 Section 1 Social Security Legal System Construction

 Section 2 Social Security System Construction

 Section 3 Building of Social Security Information System

 Section 4 Socialized Management of Social Security

 Section 5 Moral Hazards and Anti-fraud in Social Security

Postscript