The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Social Assistance System.

Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Social Assistance System" and issued a notice requesting all regions and departments to conscientiously implement it in light of actual conditions.

The main contents of the Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Social Assistance System are as follows.

Social assistance is related to the basic life and food and clothing of the people in need. It is a basic and basic institutional arrangement to ensure basic people's livelihood, promote social equity, and maintain social stability. It is also a concentrated expression of our party's fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. In order to fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, coordinate the development of the social assistance system, consolidate the results of poverty alleviation, and earnestly grasp the bottom line of basic people's livelihood security, the following opinions are hereby put forward on the reform and improvement of the social assistance system.

General 1. requirements

(I) guiding ideology. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second, Third, and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, closely focus on the overall planning and promotion of the "five in one" overall layout and coordinate the promotion of the "Four" Comprehensive "strategic layout, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, and follow the overall thinking of maintaining basics, covering the bottom line, emergency, focus on coordinating rescue resources, enhancing the function of covering the bottom, and improving service capabilities, improve laws and regulations, improve systems and mechanisms, strengthen policy implementation, and continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people in need.

(II) basic principles. Adhere to the party's overall leadership of social assistance work, give full play to the role of party organizations at all levels, and provide strong political and organizational guarantees for ensuring the basic lives of people in need. Adhere to the people as the center, take the protection of the basic rights and interests of the people in need as the fundamental starting point and goal of social assistance, and ensure that the people in need share the fruits of reform and development. Adhere to the problem orientation, focus on outstanding problems, respond to the concerns of the masses, and continuously enhance the happiness and satisfaction of the people in need. Persist in doing our best and doing what we can to adapt to the level of economic and social development, neither lowering standards nor raising appetite. Adhere to overall planning, strengthen policy convergence, and form a joint force to ensure the basic livelihood of the people in need.

(III) the overall objective. In about two years, we have improved the social assistance system with Chinese characteristics, which is hierarchical and classified and coordinated between urban and rural areas, and achieved remarkable results in a more mature and stereotyped system. The legal system of social assistance is sound and complete, the system and mechanism are efficient and smooth, the service management is convenient for the people and the people, the security function is effectively brought into play, and the people in need in urban and rural areas can get timely assistance. By 2035, the high-quality development of social assistance will be achieved, the results of reform and development will benefit the people in need more equitably, and the people's livelihood will be guaranteed. The safety net will be dense and reliable, and the overall goal of basically realizing socialist modernization will be met.

2. key tasks

(I) Establish and Improve the Hierarchical and Classified Social Assistance System

1. Build a comprehensive rescue pattern. With the goal of enhancing the timeliness and effectiveness of social assistance, we should speed up the construction of a comprehensive assistance pattern led by the government, social participation, sound system, policy convergence and strong support. With basic living assistance, special social assistance, and emergency social assistance as the main body, and the participation of social forces as a supplement, establish and improve a hierarchical and classified assistance system. Improve the system and mechanism, use modern information technology to promote the aggregation of rescue information, the overall planning of rescue resources, and the improvement of rescue efficiency, so as to achieve precise rescue, efficient rescue, warm rescue and intelligent rescue.

2. Build a multi-level rescue system. Improve the identification of low-income families, special hardship and low-income families. The minimum living guarantee shall be given to families whose per capita income of family members living together is lower than the local minimum living guarantee standard and meets the provisions of property status. The urban and rural elderly, disabled persons, and minors who are unable to work, have no source of income, are unable to support and support the obligor or their legal obligors are unable to perform their obligations, shall be given assistance and support to the extremely poor. At the same time, according to the actual needs to provide corresponding medical, housing, education, employment and other special social assistance. For low-income families that do not meet the conditions for subsistence allowances or special poverty and families with serious difficulties in basic life due to large rigid expenditures, special social assistance such as medical care, housing, education, employment, etc. shall be provided or other necessary assistance measures shall be implemented according to actual needs. For families or individuals who encounter emergencies, accidental injuries, major diseases, are affected by public health emergencies such as infectious diseases, or are temporarily in trouble in their basic lives due to other special reasons, as well as those who are temporarily in trouble and have no means of living, social assistance in emergency shall be given. In the case of natural disasters, relief shall be given to the affected persons.

3. Innovative social assistance methods. Actively develop service-type social assistance and form a "material service" assistance method. Explore the government's purchase of services to provide necessary visits and care services for the elderly, minors, and the disabled who cannot take care of themselves in social assistance families. Strengthen professional social work services to help the recipients build family and social support networks. We will improve the relief policies for the severely disabled, the seriously ill, the elderly, minors and other groups with special difficulties, and implement classified and differentiated assistance according to the types and degrees of difficulties.

4. Promote the overall development of urban and rural areas. We will promote the overall planning of the social assistance system in urban and rural areas and accelerate the equalization of urban and rural assistance services. Comply with the process of citizenization of agricultural transfer population, and provide corresponding assistance to qualified agricultural transfer population in a timely manner. Conditional areas in an orderly manner to promote the holders of residence permits in the place of residence to apply for social assistance. Increase investment in rural social assistance and gradually narrow the gap between urban and rural areas. Strengthen the convergence with the rural revitalization strategy. Promote the relief of the urban masses in difficulty.

(II) Tamp Basic Living Assistance

5. Improve the basic livelihood assistance system. We will standardize and improve the minimum living security system, and pay the minimum living allowance in different grades or according to the actual difference between the per capita income of family members and the minimum living standard. For the severely disabled and seriously ill patients in low-income families who do not meet the minimum living standard, such as those who have completely lost or partially lost their ability to work and cannot rely on industrial employment to help them get rid of poverty, take necessary measures to ensure their basic livelihood. The age of minors covered by special assistance and support will be extended from 16 to 18 years of age.

6. Standardize the basic living assistance standard adjustment mechanism. Taking into account factors such as per capita consumption expenditure or per capita disposable income of residents, and taking into account the financial situation, we should reasonably formulate the minimum living standard and the support standard for the extremely poor, and establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism. To formulate the basic living assistance family property standards or conditions. All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) shall formulate relatively uniform regional assistance standards or minimum guidance standards within their respective administrative regions. Further improve the linkage mechanism between social assistance and security standards and price increases.

7. Strengthen the dynamic management of classification. Improve the regular verification mechanism for social assistance objects. For the extremely poor and the low-income families whose economic conditions have not changed much in the short term, they shall be checked once a year; for the low-income families whose income sources are not fixed and whose family members have the ability to work, they shall be checked every six months. If there is no obvious change in the economic situation of the family of the object of assistance during the review period, the level of assistance will no longer be adjusted. Standardize the reporting mechanism for major changes in the population and economic status of the families of the recipients of assistance.

(III) and improve special social assistance

8. Improve the medical assistance system. Improve the dynamic identification and verification mechanism of medical assistance objects, include eligible assistance objects into the scope of assistance, and do a good job in classified funding and direct assistance. Improve disease emergency relief. In the event of an emergency, such as an outbreak, ensure that medical institutions are treated first and then charged. Improve the medical insurance payment policy for major outbreaks to ensure that poor patients are not affected by cost issues. We should strengthen the connection between medical assistance and other medical security systems and social assistance systems, give full play to the joint efforts of the system, and alleviate the worries of people in need of medical treatment.

9. Improve the education assistance system. For students from families such as subsistence allowances and special poverty who are studying in pre-school education, compulsory education, Senior high school education (including secondary vocational education) and general higher education (including higher vocational education and junior college), as well as disabled minors of the right age who are inconvenient to enter compulsory education due to physical and mental disorders, according to the needs and actual conditions of different stages of education, we should reduce or exempt relevant fees, grant grants, arrange work study posts, and send teachers to home, provide appropriate educational assistance.

10. Improve the housing assistance system. Housing assistance shall be provided to families with minimum living allowances and people with scattered support who meet the prescribed standards. Priority should be given to the renovation of dilapidated houses for rural housing assistance objects, and priority should be given to the protection of public rental housing for urban housing assistance objects. Explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for housing security for low-income groups in rural areas to ensure housing security for low-income families in rural areas in a stable and lasting manner.

11. Improve the employment assistance system. Give priority to providing public employment services for social assistance targets, and implement policies such as tax reductions and exemptions, loan interest discounts, social insurance subsidies, and public welfare job subsidies in accordance with regulations to ensure that zero-employment families achieve dynamic "clearing". For those who have been employed, the necessary employment costs shall be deducted when calculating their family income, and a certain period of gradual retirement shall be given after the per capita income of their family members exceeds the local minimum living standard.

12. Improve the relief system for disaster victims. Improve the natural disaster emergency relief system, adjust and optimize the national emergency response start-up standards and conditions, improve the procedures and measures for major natural disaster response, gradually establish a natural disaster relief standard adjustment mechanism that is compatible with the level of economic and social development, and coordinate emergency relief and transition The work of life assistance, relief of temporary living difficulties in drought, relief of temporary living difficulties in winter and spring, and restoration and reconstruction of houses damaged by disasters.

13. Develop other assistance and assistance. Encourage all localities to give appropriate assistance and assistance in a timely manner according to the types of difficulties encountered by urban and rural residents. Strengthen legal aid and provide legal aid services to eligible social assistance recipients in accordance with the law. Actively carry out judicial assistance to help the parties with living difficulties who have been infringed but cannot obtain effective compensation to get rid of their living difficulties, and provide assistance, psychological counseling, relationship adjustment and other services for families involved in criminal cases. To carry out heating assistance, so that people in need in cold areas do not get cold in winter. Do a good job in basic funeral services for people in difficulty, and reduce or exempt related expenses for them. We will promote rehabilitation assistance for disabled children, nursing subsidies for severely disabled people, and basic living security for orphans, strengthen the protection of children in difficulties such as children who have no one to raise, and do a good job in linking up with social assistance policies. Encourage qualified places to extend the living allowance for the disabled to low-income families.

(IV) improve the emergency social assistance

14. Strengthen the function of social assistance in emergencies. For families or individuals who encounter sudden, urgent, and catastrophic difficulties, are unable to solve their lives by themselves and their families, and are temporarily unable to be covered by other social assistance systems or who still have difficulties in life after assistance, through temporary assistance or life without The assistance of vagrants and beggars provides emergency and transitional life protection. According to the difficult situation to develop temporary relief standards, classification and file to be rescued. Gradually abolish the restrictions on the application of household registration and residence, and explore the implementation of temporary assistance from the place of emergency. Unblock emergency social assistance applications and timely reporting of emergency situations, take the initiative to find channels, and establish and improve the working mechanism of "emergency relief" for rapid response and case consultation.

15. Improve temporary relief policies and measures. The temporary assistance is divided into emergency-type temporary assistance and expenditure-type temporary assistance. To implement emergency temporary assistance, "small amount first assistance" can be implemented, and the situation can be supplemented afterwards; the implementation of expenditure-type temporary assistance shall be handled in accordance with the review and approval procedures. Adopt "follow-up assistance", "one-time approval, phased assistance" and other methods to enhance the timeliness of assistance. When necessary, start the coordination mechanism for the basic living security work of the people in need at the county level to conduct "one matter, one discussion" approval. Promote the establishment of a temporary relief reserve fund system in townships (streets). Strengthen the connection between temporary assistance and other assistance systems and charitable assistance to form a joint force for assistance.

16. Strengthen and improve the management of relief for vagrants and beggars. Strengthen the territorial management responsibilities of local party committees and governments, consolidate the responsibilities of civil affairs departments at all levels, rescue management agencies, and nursing institutions, and effectively protect the personal safety and basic lives of vagrants and beggars. We will improve the mechanism of source control and return to stability, do a good job in the settlement and resettlement of long-term stranded personnel, and implement social security policies for qualified personnel. Actively provide assistance to people who are lost, cannot work, victims of domestic violence and other temporary difficulties away from home.

17. Do a good job in emergency relief work for people in difficulty in public emergencies such as major epidemics. Incorporate emergency assistance to people in need into emergency plans related to public emergencies, and clarify social assistance policies and measures and emergency assistance procedures during the emergency period. When public health emergencies such as major epidemics and other public emergencies occur, it is necessary to promptly analyze and judge the impact on the people in need and the risks of other types of people falling into difficulties in life, actively respond to them, and initiate emergency rescue procedures in a timely manner. Raise the security standards for urban and rural subsistence allowances and assistance for extremely poor people in the affected areas, and include people in difficulties due to public emergencies into the scope of assistance, temporary living allowances will be issued to people in severely affected areas, and the relevant price subsidy linkage mechanism will be activated in a timely manner to strengthen the basic living security for the needy groups.

(V) promote the participation of social forces

18. Development of philanthropy. Encourage and support natural persons, legal persons and other organizations to voluntarily carry out charitable assistance activities by donating property, setting up projects, and providing services. Mobilize and guide charitable organizations to increase spending on social assistance. In accordance with relevant regulations, charitable organizations participating in social assistance will be given tax incentives, fee reductions, etc., and those with outstanding performance will be commended. Establish a linkage mechanism between government assistance and charitable assistance. Strengthen the supervision of charitable organizations and Internet public fundraising information platforms, effectively guide and regulate Internet charity, promote information disclosure, and prevent fraudulent donations and fraudulent donations.

19. Guide social work professionals to participate in social assistance. Through the purchase of services, the development of posts, policy guidance, the provision of workplaces, and the establishment of grass-roots social work stations, social work service agencies and social workers are encouraged to assist social assistance departments in the investigation and evaluation of family economic conditions, filing visits, demand analysis and other matters, and provide psychological counseling, resource links, capacity improvement, social integration and other services for the relief recipients. To encourage and guide the social assistance-based service agencies to set up social work professional posts according to a certain proportion.

20. Promote the development of voluntary services in the field of social assistance. Support and guide voluntary service organizations and social caring people to carry out voluntary services to help the poor. Strengthen the construction of the social assistance voluntary service system, and actively play the role of voluntary service in gathering social resources, helping people in need, protecting disadvantaged groups, and passing on social care.

21. Promote government purchases of social assistance services. Further improve the government's policies and measures for purchasing social assistance services, encourage social forces and market entities to participate in social assistance, and expand the supply of social assistance services. Formulate a list of social assistance services purchased by the government, standardize the purchase process, and strengthen supervision and evaluation. The funds required by the government to purchase social assistance services shall be listed from the existing social assistance work funds or the special social assistance funds such as the relief subsidy funds for the needy.

(VI) deepen the reform of "letting go of management and service"

22. Establish and improve the active discovery mechanism. Will visit, found in need of assistance to the masses as an important part of the work of the village (community) organization. State public officials who undertake social assistance work, enterprises and institutions entrusted by the government to serve the people in need, grass-roots mass autonomous organizations, social organizations, etc., if they find that the basic livelihood of the people in need is unsustainable in their work, they shall report to the relevant departments in a timely manner. County-level civil affairs departments opened a "12349" social assistance service hotline, and gradually realize the national Unicom.

23. Full implementation of "one acceptance, collaborative processing". Township (street) agencies uniformly accept applications for social assistance, and comprehensively evaluate the needs of assistance according to the applicant's difficulties and causes of poverty, taking into account factors such as family population structure, health status, working ability and working conditions, rigid expenditure, and so on. put forward opinions on the comprehensive implementation of social assistance measures, and timely handle or transfer to relevant functional departments at the county level in accordance with the division of responsibilities. Encourage qualified places to accept applications for basic living assistance.

24. Optimize the audit confirmation procedure. Where conditions permit, the authority for examination and confirmation of social assistance such as minimum living allowances and special poverty can be delegated to townships (streets) in accordance with procedures, and civil affairs departments at the county level can strengthen supervision and guidance. No democratic review can be conducted on families applying for assistance that are not in dispute. Cancel the relevant supporting materials that can be inquired through the national or local government service platform. We will improve the mechanism for checking the economic situation of social assistance families and give full play to the role of checking institutions at all levels.

25. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of service management. We will strengthen the informatization of social assistance and promote the application of modern information technologies such as the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and 5G in the field of social assistance. Relying on the national data sharing and exchange platform system, improve the social assistance resource database, collect, exchange and share all kinds of information carried out by government departments, group organizations, etc., to provide support for relevant departments, units and social forces to carry out assistance. We will promote the extension of social assistance services to the mobile terminal, realize "palm-top handling" and "fingertip handling" of relief matters, and provide convenient and fast relief application, handling, inquiry and other services for people in need.

3. safeguard measures

(I) strengthen organizational leadership. Strengthen the working mechanism of party committee leadership, government responsibility, civil affairs leadership, departmental coordination, and social participation. Local governments at all levels shall set up leading groups for social assistance work or coordination mechanisms for ensuring the basic livelihood of people in need in accordance with laws and regulations. The implementation of social assistance policies will be included in the performance evaluation of all regions and departments. Accelerate social assistance legislation. Improve the social assistance statistics system. Strengthen social assistance policy propaganda and theoretical research. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the declaration of social assistance commendation and reward projects, to have outstanding performance to give recognition.

(II) implementation of departmental responsibilities. The civil affairs department assumes the responsibility of taking the lead in the construction of the social assistance system and is responsible for basic living assistance; education, human resources and social security, housing and urban-rural construction, health, emergency management, medical security and other departments are responsible for relevant special social assistance according to the division of responsibilities; financial departments According to the basic living security needs of the people in need and price changes, etc., various social assistance funds are guaranteed. The central government's financial assistance and subsidy funds for people in difficulty focus on areas with heavy relief tasks and financial difficulties.

(III) improve grass-roots service capacity. Implementation of the grassroots social assistance capacity enhancement project. The party committees and governments of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) should make overall plans to study and formulate specific measures to improve relief agencies and rationally allocate corresponding staff in accordance with factors such as the number of social assistance objects and personnel structure. Strengthen the township (street) social assistance responsibilities and related security conditions. Social assistance assistants are set up at the village level, and social assistance service stations (points) are set up in villages (communities) with more people in need. The funds needed to carry out social assistance shall be included in the local financial budgets at all levels. Care for grassroots rescue workers, provide necessary workplaces, transportation, communication costs, and salaries to ensure the need to perform their duties. Strengthen professional training, and build a team of social assistance cadres with strong politics, high professional quality, and feelings for the people in need.

(IV) strengthen supervision and inspection. Strengthen the supervision of funds, strengthen audit supervision, promptly correct the problems of misappropriation, misappropriation, interception and detention of funds, and investigate the responsibility of the responsible persons in accordance with laws and regulations. Improve the "double random, one open" supervision mechanism, strengthen the supervision of social assistance after the event. Intensify the investigation and punishment of fraudulent social assistance, recover the fraudulent social assistance funds in accordance with laws and regulations, and pursue corresponding responsibilities. We will establish a fault-tolerant and error-correcting mechanism, encourage all localities to reform and innovate according to the actual situation, encourage grass-roots cadres to take responsibility, and implement the requirements of "three distinctions." the handling personnel who uphold fairness and perform their duties conscientiously but make mistakes and deviations due to objective reasons and can correct them in a timely manner are exempted from accountability in accordance with the law.

Source: Xinhua News Agency