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Survey Says 89 Percent Seek Longer Maternity Leave as China Ends One-child Policy

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Yibada (18.11.2015) In a survey conducted by China Youth Daily, 88.9 percent of its 2,966 respondents expressed their wish to have a longer maternity leave should they have a second child. Of this number, 40.7 percent hoped the period will be extended to six months, while 26 percent asked for a one-year extension. Another 6.6 percent said that the leave should be prolonged to three years.

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[Opinion] China: Social Protection Key to Poverty Alleviation

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World Bank News (09.11.2015) China has an unmatched record of achievement in poverty reduction over the past three and a half decades - accounting for 72 percent of the global reduction in extreme poverty. Last month, at the United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's ambitious targets to further reduce poverty, as 7 percent of the developing world's poor still live in China today.

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Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities

Chine : le fonds de pension autorisé à investir en bourse

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xinhuanet.com (23.08.2015) Le Conseil des Affaires d'Etat (gouvernement central chinois), a publié dimanche la directive finale concernant les investissements du fonds de pension, ouvrant ainsi officiellement la porte à davantage de produits diversifiés et plus risqués.

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Chine : le fonds de pension prêt à un investissement plus risqué

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china.org.cn (24.07.2015) La Chine autorisera son fonds de pension à avoir accès à des actifs plus risqués, une fois que le gouvernement aura approuvé son plan, a fait entendre vendredi Li Zhong, porte-parole du ministère des Ressources humaines et de la Sécurité sociale, lors d'une conférence de presse

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China’s pension system still pits the country's old against its young

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China Economic Review (22.06.2015) When China's State Council announced in January that civil servants would have to pay 8% of their salary into the country’s pension plan, it was something of a triumph after three-plus decades in which government employees enjoyed a free ride while private-sector employees faced a social security tax on their income that eventually grew to a staggering 28%.

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Old-age pensions
Pensions
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China pension reform targets civil servant privileges

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financial times (15.01.2015) China’s 40m public sector employees are to lose their exemption from paying into the state pension system, as the government looks to curb public outrage over excess benefits for civil servants.

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Old-age pensions
Pensions
Governance and administration
Social policies & programmes