constructing a social welfare system for all in chinaPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction 1

China’s socioeconomic development：reflections on how things were 3

China’s social welfare system：challenges and progress 7

China’s ‘developmental social welfare system’ in 2012 and 2020：ideas for the future 19

2 Basic principles and overall framework for a ‘developmental social welfare system’ 24

Basic principles for building a ‘developmental social welfare system’ 24

Framework for a ‘developmental social welfare system’ 26

Management system for a ‘developmental social welfare system’ 28

Legal environment for a ‘developmental social welfare system’ 34

3 The course of development and reforms made in other social welfare systems in the world 38

History of social welfare systems 38

Different forms and classifications of social welfare systems 40

Reforms of social welfare systems in different countries 44

Debates on social welfare reform，and the risks involved 55

4 A welfare system with coverage for all rural migrant workers 60

Inadequate social welfare programs for rural migrant workers 60

Establish and improve the pension system for rural migrant workers 62

Housing security for rural migrant workers 64

Employment training and services for rural migrant workers 66

Other social security programs for rural migrant workers 69

5 Old-age security 71

The current status of the old-age security system 71

Main problems in the old-age security system 77

Development objectives of the old-age security system 79

Policy recommendations 82

6 Health security 92

Development of China’s healthcare services system 92

Reform and development of the medical security system 96

Main problems in the health security system 101

Objectives of a ‘developmental health security system’ 106

Policy recommendations 108

7 Education security 115

A review of compulsory education in China 115

Problems facing China’s compulsory education 119

Objectives of a ‘developmental education security system’ 125

Policy recommendations 131

8 Employment security 137

Economic restructuring and the evolution of employment policies 137

The establishment and development of an unemployment insurance system 141

Main problems of the unemployment insurance and employment security systems 147

Objectives in building a ‘developmental employment security system’ 153

Policy recommendations 154

9 Housing security 160

The process of housing reform 160

Urban and rural housing security systems at present 165

Current housing security system problems 174

Objectives of housing security systems 186

Policy recommendations 189

10 Basic living allowance system 195

The development of the minimum living allowance system 195

Effectiveness and problems of a minimum living allowance system 199

Role of a minimum living allowance in a developmental welfare system 201

Objectives of the MLA system and measures for its improvement 203

Policy recommendations 206

11 Social welfare systems for special groups 209

Development of welfare for the disabled 209

Development of social welfare for senior citizens 213

Development of social welfare for women and children 215

Problems underlying social welfare for special groups 218

Creating social welfare for special groups：objectives and methods 221

Policy recommendations 225

12 Social welfare programs supported by public finance 229

Government spending on social welfare programs：trends and analysis 229

Public financial resources needed for building a developmental social welfare system 234

Estimated capacity of public finance to support the building of a social welfare system 244

Developmental social welfare system：fund raising and management 247

13 Policy recommendations 253

Pensions 253

Health security 257

Education security 258

Employment assistance and unemployment insurance 259

Housing security 260

Minimum living allowance 261

Social welfare systems for special groups 261

Budget for asocial security fund 262

Raise the percentage of welfare expenditures in GDP and government spending 262

Appendix 263

Bibliography 287

Index 293