China plans to establish social security number system (2008-12-23)
China on Monday announced plans to establish a social security number system for the welfare of its citizens.

China shifts reproductive health care spending (2008-11-21)
China has earmarked another 1 billion yuan ($147 million) to be spent in the fourth quarter, which ends in about six weeks, to improve rural reproductive health care programs.

Migrant workers cash in security funds (2008-11-20)
About 840,000 migrant workers had quit Shanghai's social security system as of Nov 12 to return home or work in other cities, official figures show.

Social insurance govt's top priority for the disabled (2008-11-12)
Social insurance and better service for disabled people will top the agenda of China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) for the next five years.

Hard times for migrant workers in Guangdong (2008-11-07)
Thousands of migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta are packing up and heading home, as jobs and decent wages in the region become increasingly hard to find.

Global financial crisis spills over to China's labor market (2008-11-02)
In the space of a year, Yang Chanjuan's career plan has changed direction. As a soon-to-graduate college student in economics, Yang is feeling her fortunes being buffeted by the financial crisis.

Rural medicare covers 91% of target population (2008-07-11)
China's rural cooperative medical insurance system, launched in 2003 to offer basic health care to rural residents, covers more than 91 percent of its target population.

Beijing raises unemployment insurance payment threshold (2008-07-01)

Beijing city raised its monthly unemployment insurance payment threshold by 80 yuan ($11) on Tuesday. It is the ninth adjustment since Beijing introduced unemployment insurance system in November 1999