China will hold a social security forum to provide an
authoritative and high-end platform for communication to address
the social security issue in China.
Scheduled in September, the forum aims to aggregate, develop and
share social security resources, Dai Guangyi, deputy director of
the social security center of the Ministry of Labor and Social
Security, told a news conference in Beijing on Monday.
The forum will focus on social security theory study, raising
social security awareness, publicizing social security policies,
tackling major problems in this area and promoting international
cooperation.
Dai said that although China has made great achievement in its
social security, many problems still exist in the age of
globalization, urbanization and an aging population. That's the
reason why this forum will be jointly held by more than 20
departments, he said.
According to the ministry, the forum will hold a conference
annually, publish an anthology of theses on social security, set up
an expert team and launch a website.
This year's theme of the forum is "social security and a
harmonious society," which will discuss improvement of urban social
security system, medical security, social security for migrant
workers. The forum's website www.cnss.cn will be launched for trial
operation on April 4.
(Xinhua News Agency April 4, 2006)