On Monday, September 4th, 2023, the State Council Press Office held a routine briefing on the State Council policy, and invited Vice Minister Jong Li of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Deputy Director Huang Huabo of the National Health Insurance Bureau, Director Zhang Xun of the Third Legislative Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, Director Tan Chaoyun of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Regulation Department, Director Zhai Yanli of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Social Insurance Management Center, and Director Long Xuewen of the National Health Insurance Management Center to introduce them.Regulations on handling social insuranceRelevant information, and answer questions from reporters.

[Jong Li, Vice Minister of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security]

On August 16th, Premier Li Qiang signed the State Council Order No.765, promulgating the Regulations on Handling Social Insurance, which will take effect on December 1st, 2023. Below I will give you a brief introduction on the formulation of the Regulations.

Social security service is the "last mile" of the social insurance system, which plays an important role in serving the people, implementing people’s livelihood policies and promoting the high-quality development of social security. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to social security work and made a series of major arrangements to strengthen social security handling. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that the social security system is the safety net of people’s life and the stabilizer of social operation, and stressed the need to improve the social security management system and service network, and strengthen social security work from all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, justice and law-abiding. This provides a fundamental basis for us to improve the social security system and promote the development of social security management. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to improve the multi-level social security system covering the whole people, coordinating urban and rural areas, being fair, unified, safe, standardized and sustainable. This has clearly defined the target requirements for doing a good job in social security management.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Health Insurance Bureau and other departments have resolutely implemented the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the people-centered development ideology, comprehensively deepened reforms, and built the largest social security system in the world. We have continued to implement the universal enrollment plan. The number of participants in basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance has reached 1.057 billion, 240 million, 294 million and 246 million respectively, and the enrollment rate of basic medical insurance has stabilized at around 95%. Strengthen the fund support capacity, the accumulated balance of various social security funds exceeds 12.5 trillion yuan, and the market-oriented investment operation has steadily expanded; Continuously optimize the handling service system and achieve full coverage of provinces, cities, counties, towns (streets) and villages (communities). The steady development of social security and the improvement of the efficiency of handling services have effectively enhanced the people’s sense of happiness and security.

At present, China’s social security system reform has entered a stage of system integration, coordination and high efficiency, which puts forward new and higher requirements for social security management. As the first administrative regulation in the field of social security management, the Regulations mark a new step in the legalization, standardization and refinement of social security management, which is of great milestone significance.

The "Regulations" consists of 7 chapters and 63 articles. The main contents are summarized as "five clarifications": First, the scope of application is clarified. These Regulations shall apply to the social insurance stipulated by the state, such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. The second is to clarify the responsibilities of the agency. It is stipulated that the social security agency shall handle the responsibilities of social insurance relationship registration and transfer, information recording and storage, and treatment approval and distribution. This further reflects the social security agency’s responsibility as the concrete executor of social insurance policy, the direct guardian of the people’s rights and interests, and the front-line provider of public services. The third is to clarify the requirements for convenience and benefit. It is required that people can enjoy more efficient and convenient public services by strengthening information sharing, reducing certification materials, shortening the processing time limit and providing humanized and personalized services to special groups. The fourth is to clarify the supervision and management measures. Require social security agencies to negotiate and sign service agreements with eligible institutions to standardize social insurance services. The administrative departments of human resources and social security and medical security are required to supervise and inspect social security agencies and social security service agencies, and establish a social insurance credit management system. Require financial departments and audit institutions to supervise according to law. The fifth is to clarify the legal responsibility. The corresponding legal responsibilities are stipulated for illegal acts such as defrauding social security fund expenditures, concealing, transferring, encroaching, misappropriating social security funds or illegally investing in operations.

The "Regulations" are based on standardizing handling, optimizing services, ensuring safety, safeguarding rights and interests, and promoting fairness, and strive to improve the social security handling service system, improve service levels, and improve service efficiency. The promulgation and implementation of the "Regulations" is conducive to improving the refined management and service level of social security agencies, improving the efficiency of social security governance, better meeting people’s expectations for high-quality life, and playing an important role in the high-quality development of social security agencies. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Health Insurance Bureau will take the promulgation and implementation of the Regulations as an opportunity to formulate and improve relevant supporting rules and regulations, further standardize handling services, improve service quality, and promote convenience and benefit.

CCTV News:At 23: 00 on September 10th, the official WeChat "Micro Ganzi" of the Propaganda Department of Sichuan Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee announced the latest news of earthquake relief progress.

At present, all kinds of earthquake relief work are still under intense progress. On the whole, with the joint efforts of all parties, the work is carried out in a strong, orderly and effective manner.

Race against time to carry out rescue.

Always adhere to the people first, life first, and take saving lives as the primary task. More than 10,000 rescue forces such as the People’s Liberation Army and Armed Police Force, fire rescue, forest fire fighting, public security special police, Anneng Group, emergency safety production, aviation rescue, social emergency rescue, medical and health care, etc. were dispatched, and four rounds of dragnet investigations were carried out in groups, and various drones such as Rainbow -4 were called to carry out aerial reconnaissance, and more than 650 trapped people were searched and rescued, and more than 60,000 people were transferred to avoid danger. 11 helicopters were dispatched for 160 flights, 7 boats were organized for 141 flights, and more than 2,800 wounded people and rescue teams were transported by air and water. For 30 people who lost contact, arrange rescue teams to carry out "one-on-one" arrangement. We will do our best to treat the wounded, mobilize the best expert teams such as Huaxi Hospital and provincial hospitals, and formulate a "one-on-one" treatment plan to save lives and avoid disability as much as possible.

Properly resettle and help the masses

The Provincial Disaster Reduction Committee launched the first-level response of provincial disaster relief. The central government and the provincial finance allocated 300 million yuan of disaster relief funds, allocated 110,000 pieces (sets) of various relief materials, set up 125 resettlement sites, centrally resettled more than 17,000 people, dispatched 186 tons of daily necessities, and dispatched 7 emergency water supply rescue vehicles, and started temporary assistance for students with financial difficulties, making every effort to make temporary transitional resettlement. Strengthen food safety inspection and market price supervision in disaster areas, regularly carry out hygiene disinfection and safety inspections, carry out all-staff nucleic acid testing in Luding and Asbestos, and strengthen the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic situation after the disaster.

Go all out to grab tong Bao tong Bao Chang

The central and provincial governments allocated 95 million yuan to support the disaster-stricken areas to do a good job in highway emergency rescue and traffic protection. We will continue to do a good job in traffic control and green passage protection in disaster areas, set up 16 far-end and near-end diversion control points, and persuade more than 5,000 social vehicles to return. 3,844 traffic rescue teams, 2,655 electric rescue teams and 5,589 communication repair teams were put into operation. Except that only about 8 kilometers from Taoba to Shimian on the S217 line are still being rushed, the national and provincial trunk lines in the earthquake zone are basically unblocked. 281 base stations and 471 kilometers of damaged optical cables were recovered, and the communication between villages and towns was fully restored, and the communication between village groups was basically restored; Repair and restore 8 substations and 60 transmission lines, and restore power supply to more than 37,600 households.

Comprehensively investigate potential safety hazards

Safety emergency assessment There are 16,052 urban and rural housing buildings, 55 kilometers of municipal roads and 48 municipal facilities. The emergency assessment work in Luding County has been basically completed. We will comprehensively carry out the investigation of hidden dangers of geological disasters. On the basis of completing the first round of full coverage investigation, we will continue to organize forces to carry out multiple rounds of investigation and evaluation, and implement preventive measures for 195 new hidden dangers of geological disasters one by one. 6,384 water conservancy projects have been investigated, including 1,969 reservoir power stations and 2,596 key water supply projects, and 558 damaged projects have been dealt with urgently. According to recent field observation, part of the dam body of the Wandong River has been washed away, and the flow of the mouth of the Wandong River into the Dadu River has returned to normal, and the risk of the dammed lake has been basically lifted.

Make every effort to restore social order

Respect for life, respect for the deceased, respect for national customs, and do a good job in the aftermath of the victims with heart and affection. The local party committees and governments have formulated a work plan of "one person, one special class", properly carried out the follow-up work of personnel identity information verification and burial, and provided comfort and psychological counseling to the families and injured of the victims. Open a number of donation channels, guide and receive social donations in an orderly manner, and plan the use of donated funds and articles in advance to reassure donors. Set up encrypted monitoring stations in the earthquake zone and actively carry out popular science propaganda. The public security organs set up tent police rooms in various centralized resettlement sites, patrolled and guarded key areas for more than 1,100 times, organized and carried out crackdown on disasters and crimes, and actively maintained social order and stability in disaster areas.