China is progressively implementing a national social insurance coverage registration programme to speed up full social insurance coverage, and to put in place a more equitable and sustainable social security system.

The registration programme is a dedicated initiative to promote full and sustained coverage of working people and of urban and rural residents.

As part of the Social Security establishment, it is a statutory requirement that every qualified employee is to be registered by a registered and qualified employer. Apparently, there are still employers who fail to register their employees. The failure by employers to register their employees will result in the non-coverage of the employees. The unregistered qualified employees are unfairly deprived of any coverage of social security schemes and benefits in the event they become unfit to work or even worst if they are suffering from permanent disability or invalidity.