China: Expands Social Safety Nets, Adds North Korean Guest Workers

July 2nd, 2012
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Econintersect: Most readers know Econintersect believes much of the "new normal" effects in the USA were caused by a demographic shift caused by an aging population.   Aging populations do not consume as much as younger populations.  China too has a growing aging population, and has been taking steps to install social safety nets.  The latest safety net as reported by Xinhua:

"We must ensure that the new pension insurance system covers all rural residents and unemployed urbanites by the end of this year," said Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, at a launching ceremony for the campaign held in Xibaipo, a village in north China's Hebei province.

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More than 380 million Chinese have been insured by the urban-rural residents social pension insurance system over the past three years, with about 100 million aged people claiming basic pension granted by the state every month, according to the minister.

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China on Sunday launched a campaign aiming to provide pension insurance to all rural residents and unemployed citizens in order to help the country cope with its aging population

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Steven Hansen

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