Qiushi Journal | Excerpt: 做好社会保障工作的重要意义

​​(Excerpts from “Advancing High-Quality and Sustainable Development of China's Social Security Programs” by Xi Jinping, Qiushi Journal, No. 03, 2022)

 

做好社会保障工作的重要意义

 

The significance of social security
 

社会保障是保障和改善民生、维护社会公平、增进人民福祉的基本制度保障；

 

The social security system provides fundamental institutional guarantees for ensuring and improving public wellbeing, safeguarding social fairness, and enhancing people’s welfare.

 

是促进经济社会发展、实现广大人民群众共享改革发展成果的重要制度安排；

 

It represents an important institutional arrangement for promoting social and economic development and enabling all people to benefit from the fruits of reform and development.

 

发挥着民生保障安全网、收入分配调节器、经济运行减震器的作用，是治国安邦的大问题。

 

It serves as a safety net protecting people’s wellbeing, a regulatory mechanism adjusting income distribution, and a shock absorber that helps keep the economy running smoothly. Thus, the social security system is an extremely important part of stable and effective governance. 

 

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