The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently published the Social Blue Book of 2008 in Beijing. The theme of the Blue Book is to "accelerate the improvement of social construction with a focus on people's livelihood;" and the book analyzes the current and predicts the future social situation based on three indicators: people's living, employment, and social protection.
The blue book pointed out that in 2007, urban residents' disposable per capita income grew by approximately 13 percent; and it is one of the few years during which the income growth of residents surpassed GDP growth in 11 years. It is also a year that witnessed an 8 percent growth in rural residents' income: the fastest growth recorded. In 2007, there were 12 million new jobs – considerably more than the average 9 million. At the same time, there is s shortage of skilled labor, and a limited shortage in the overall market oversupply situation. In 2007, the new rural cooperative medical service coverage in rural areas and for the agricultural population has exceeded 80 percent; migrant workers' work-related injuries and medical insurance covers more than 20 percent of the rural population; and people with the minimum life insurance coverage reached 30 million – an increase of nearly 20 million more than that in 2006.
From 2005 to the beginning of 2007, the state increased pensions from enterprises three times. From 2008 to 2010, we will continue to improve enterprise pensions in order to narrow the wage gap between retired employees from enterprises and the civil service or institutions.
By People's Daily Online
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