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5. Wider coverage of social security network

A senior citizen shows his social security card in Laibin city, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Feb 3, 2017. [Photo/Asianewsphoto.com]

As of the end of 2016, the number of people covered by basic pension insurance increased by 99.81 million from that in the end of 2012. The number of people covered by urban basic medical insurance rose by 207.51 million, and those on unemployment, work-related injury and maternity insurance grew by 28.64 million, 28.79 million and 30.22 million, respectively during the same period.

The basic pension benefits for enterprise retirees were hiked for the 12th straight year since 2005. There has been solid progress in the integration of urban and rural basic medical insurance. By 2015, personal expenditures on medical services had declined to 29.3 percent of total expenses.

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