Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, encourage and support migrant workers, people in new forms of employment, and others to participate in employee pension insurance.

On October 10, 2026, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Li Zhong, spokesperson and vice minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, addressed the above question, noting that an important goal during the 15th Five-Year Plan period is to encourage and support flexible workers, migrant workers, and workers in new forms of employment to participate in employee pension insurance. Li Zhong stated that in recent years, China has successfully built a social security system with distinctive Chinese characteristics and the largest scale in the world. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we will closely focus on the goals of greater optimization and sustainability, continuously enhance the system's sustainability, fairness and accessibility, security, convenience, and standardization, and strive to weave the social security net more densely and solidly. Overall, the main work can be summarized with three keywords: expanding coverage and improving quality, improving the system, and ensuring security.