In a few days, we will usher in the Lunar New Year, "the rabbit goes to the dragon", first to all friends in advance to greet the New Year, I wish you all good health, everything is easy, and the wealth is abundant.
More than a month before the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, many areas have prepared "Spring Festival red envelopes" for the majority of retirees, and the good news related to pensions continues, and summarized for everyone, roughly the following are closely related to vital economic interests, worth seeing.
The four places have made it clear that they will pay holiday allowances to retirees
The festival allowance is different from the pension, the latter is paid once a month, and the amount received by different retirees in the same area is completely different, some more, some less, and the festival allowance of retirees in the same area is basically the same, at most more to the elderly retirees, and the gap is not large.
At present, there are four cities that have clearly issued festival fees, and the list and distribution standards are as follows.
Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou will pay 1,200 yuan to each retiree, and Ningbo will pay 2,000 yuan per person.
Guangdong Province: 50 yuan or 100 yuan will be issued in Guangzhou.
Shanghai: Retirees under the age of 80 can receive 800 yuan before the Spring Festival, and retirees under the age of 80 can receive an extra 100 yuan, that is, 900 yuan.
Are there any holiday fees in other areas? Retirees from all over the country are welcome to supplement in the message area, and the editor knows the above four cities.
Early payment of the pension for February
During the Year of the Dragon, there will be 8 consecutive days of holidays, and many areas originally paid pensions in the middle of each month, which means that the Social Security Bureau does not work, and only after the year can the pension be arranged in February.
The Chinese New Year is supposed to spend more money, and the late payment of pensions puts pressure on the economy of retirees. In order to allow retirees to have money to spend during the holiday season, many regions have issued pensions for February in advance. According to the statistics, retirees in the above areas can receive their pensions in February in advance.
Hubei: Some areas have already been distributed on February 2
Shanghai: Distributions will be in place before February 7
Tianjin: It has been distributed before February 6
Guangdong Province and Beijing Municipality: Issued before February 8
Chongqing, Chengdu, and Kaifeng City: Issued before February 9
In many areas of the country, pensions are originally issued at the beginning of each month, and even around the 5th of each month, so there is no problem of early payment. Those areas that originally paid pensions in the middle of each month have started the pension calculation and payment work in February in advance, in order to ensure that retirees have money to spend during the Spring Festival.
Some retirees in the two provinces received additional pensions
The pension increase mentioned here is different from the pension adjustment in the middle of each year, and is only aimed at some retirees in two provinces, namely Guangdong Province and Jiangsu Province, and interestingly, these two provinces happen to be the two regions with the highest total GDP in the mainland.
The reason for the increase in Guangdong Province and Jiangsu Province is that the calculation method of transitional pension has been adjusted, and some retirees who have calculated transitional pensions in accordance with the new policy and are higher than the amount of the old policy can be increased, and not only this year. Guangdong Province will start to issue additional issuance in 2021, a total of 5 years, and Jiangsu Province will issue additional issuance for the first time in 2024, a total of 3 years.
According to the feedback of netizens, eligible retirees in these two regions have already received additional amounts, and the pension in January 2024 will go to December 2023, and the pension in February will naturally be the same as in January, which is more than the monthly amount at the end of last year.
At least six mentions of pension increases for retirees this year
If the additional issuance mentioned in the previous part is only for some retirees in Guangdong Province and Jiangsu Province, then the policy in this part is for all those who retire before December 31, 2023 in 31 regions across the country. That's right, I'm talking about the pension adjustment in the middle of each year, and 2023 is the nineteenth consecutive year of adjustment, will this tradition continue in 2024?
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has not yet given a clear statement, but some regions have already mentioned it in the government work report. For example, the Henan provincial government's report mentions "raising the basic pension for retirees and the financial subsidy standard for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents". In addition, similar expressions have been made in government reports in Shanghai, Shanxi, Hebei, Ningxia, Hainan and other places.
Referring to the experience of these regions in the government report and previous years, it is almost 100% certain that the pension adjustment will continue in 2024, and the national average growth rate is expected to be between 3.5% and 4%.
The balance of pension insurance is sufficient, and there is no need to worry about "making ends meet"
In 2023, the number of new births on the mainland will decline again, and it will fall below the 9 million mark by just one step. At the same time, the proportion of people aged 60 and over is rising, and China has entered a moderately aging society. As the number of middle-aged and young people who pay social security decreases and the number of retirees receiving pensions increases, will the balance of the pension insurance fund "bottom out"? Once this happens, the pension payment of retirees will be affected.
For now, don't worry. According to data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the income of the three social insurance funds for pension, unemployment, and work-related injury in 2023 will be 7.92 trillion yuan, the expenditure will be 7.09 trillion yuan, and the cumulative balance at the end of the year will be 8.24 trillion yuan.
As we all know, the absolute majority of the three social security is pension insurance, and in 2023, not only will there be no surplus, but there will be a surplus, and the cumulative balance has exceeded the 8 trillion yuan mark. In view of the total expenditure of the three social security in 2023 is 7.09 trillion yuan, even if the national residents do not pay a penny of social security in 2024, they can still rely on the balance of the previous year to pay retirees salaries normally.
Population aging is a problem that will also affect pension insurance funds, but it is not unsolvable, and the government will take various ways to deal with it, such as extending the retirement age and directly subsidizing social security with financial funds. In short, we don't need to worry about not being able to pay pensions, not to mention that we now have sufficient balances in the social security fund.
The year of the dragon before the Spring Festival pension ushered in the above five good news, each of which has brought practical benefits to retirees, the best year can also reduce the pension treatment gap of retirees in different regions, so that low pension income to share more economic development benefits, improve their material living conditions.