The 11th National Social Security Academic Conference, hosted by the China Social Security Society, was held in Beijing from February 22 to 23. The theme of this conference is "Further Deepening the Overall Reform of the Social Security System".

Hua Jianmin, Vice Chairman of the 11th National People's Congress Standing Committee and Honorary President of the China Social Security Society; Tang Chengpei, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs; Li Zhong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security; Tan Tianxing, Deputy Director of the Social Development Committee of the National People's Congress; Zhang Donggang, Chair of the University Council of Renmin University of China; and Shi Zihai, Deputy Director of the National Healthcare Security Administration, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Zheng Gongcheng, President of the China Social Security Society and Professor at Renmin University of China; Wang Dongjin, Advisor of the Society and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security; Hu Xiaoyi, President of the China Social Insurance Society and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security; He Wenjiong, Vice President of the China Social Security Society and Professor at Zhejiang University; and Lin Mingang, Vice President of the China Social Security Society and Professor at Nanjing University, successively delivered keynote speeches at the conference. Zheng Gongcheng presided over the opening ceremony, and Song Xiaowu, former member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and Director of the Macroeconomic Research Institute, presided over the general assembly.

In his speech, Zhang Donggang pointed out that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the China Social Security Society. Over the past decade, the society has provided a large number of high-quality policy consultation reports for social security reform, and has become an important force in promoting the construction of China's social security discipline and the improvement of the system. As the unit where the secretariat of the society was located in its early days, Renmin University of China has always actively participated in the activities of the society, focused on the goal of improving the multi-level social security system, and taking root in China, providing talent guarantee, intellectual support and theoretical support for the construction of the social security system with Chinese characteristics.

In his keynote report titled "Further Deepening the Overall Reform of the Social Security System: Political Standing, Core Issues and Key Measures", Zheng Gongcheng said that to further deepen the overall reform of the social security system, it is necessary to clarify the political stance and truly regard social security as a major issue concerning national governance and stability. In view of the fact that there are gaps in China's social security system between urban and rural areas, between different regions and among different groups, it is necessary to comprehensively optimize the current institutional arrangements to enable the people to have sufficient confidence, stable expectations and experiences of fairness and justice in the social security system.

On February 23, the 11th National Social Security Academic Conference held parallel special forums on the basic theory and major issues of social security, old-age security, social assistance and social welfare, public welfare and charity, as well as the 8th National Healthcare Security Forum. Eighty experts and scholars respectively reported their latest research results at these special forums.

More than 400 people participated in the conference, including the responsible persons of relevant departments and bureaus of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the National Health Commission, the National Audit Office, the State Taxation Administration, the National Healthcare Security Administration, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the China Disabled Persons' Federation and other departments, as well as representatives of experts and scholars from more than 100 universities and research institutions.