(Excerpts from “Weaving a Strong Social Security Net” by CPC Leadership Group of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Qiushi Journal, No. 03, 2022)

中国社会保障事业面临的新形势新任务：高速增长的城镇化

New circumstances and tasks for China’s social security programs: rapid urbanization

20年间中国城镇化率保持了高速增长。

In terms of urbanization, China has urbanized rapidly over the past 20 years.

城镇化的快速推进，农村劳动力大规模向城镇非农产业转移就业，人口从农村向城市集聚，对社会保障制度如何适应人口向城镇流动提出新的要求，迫切需要统筹考虑城乡养老保险制度的发展和衔接。

Rapid urbanization has seen rural labor transferring into non-farming employment on a vast scale and rural residents migrating into cities. This trend requires that social security adapt to population flows into urban areas, and demands a coordinated approach to developing and linking up urban and rural pension insurance schemes.

还要看到，城镇化过程中，流动人口市民化相对滞后，社会保障等公共服务不均等问题需要高度重视。

It is also important to note that the process of granting urban residency has lagged considerably behind other factors of urbanization. As a result, we need to give more attention to addressing the issue of unequal access to public services such as social security.

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