第1篇 Passage 1
During the early stage of the new century, efforts to develop China's labor and social security face both problems and new opportunities. Overall progress in the modernization drive has created favorable conditions for solving the problems of employment and social security. Further growth of the national economy has provided a firm foundation for the enlargement of employment and the improvement of social security. The market-oriented employment mechanism and social security system in place across China have already laid a good foundation for further promotion of labor and social security undertakings. At the same time, the Chinese government is also fully aware that the employment problem in both rural and urban areas will remain sharp, as structural unemployment will become more serious in the future. Labor relations are expected to become more complicated while the aging of the population and the increase of unemployment will put more pressure on social security. The promotion of social security in rural areas also has a long way to go.
第2篇 Passage 2
China's basic medical insurance system also combines social mutual assistance programs with personal accounts. In principle, basic medical insurance funds come in the form of mutual assistance programs at prefectural and city levels. Basic medical insurance covers all urban employers and employees, all enterprises, state administrative departments, institutions and other organizations and all employees have to pay a basic medical insurance premium. At present, about 6 percent of the wage bill of employing units and 2 percent of personal wages should be paid as part of the medical insurance premiums. Part of the insurance premiums goes to the funds under the mutual assistance program and the rest to employees' personal accounts. Personal insurance premiums go entirely to personal accounts. Mutual assistance funds and personal accounts are used to pay for different types of medical costs: The former mainly for hospitalization and outpatient services in the case of certain chronic diseases, with a set start
