Urban Social Security

Author: Zhang Zhongru
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Since the early 1980s, the Chinese government has implemented a series of reforms in social security. Through years of exploration and practice, a social security system has been preliminarily established, featuring multiple channels for funding, gradual socialization of management and services, and covering key areas such as social insurance, social relief, social welfare, preferential resettlement, and social mutual aid. The edited volume presented to the readers was supported and funded by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, as part of a research project on "Reform of the Social Security System and Sustainable Development." It focuses on the study and discussion of various aspects, including old-age insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, social relief, social welfare, and community services. It reflects the journey and latest developments of China's social security system reforms, while also drawing on the experiences and lessons learned from the social security system development of developed countries. This edited volume is suitable for social scholars, university and college students majoring in related fields, as well as practitioners working in the field of social security.