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The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced that it will work with multiple departments, including public security and tax authorities, to cross-check backend data, precisely identify people who should be covered but are not, or whose contributions have been interrupted, and have community workers proactively reach out and encourage them, with the goal of keeping the basic pension insurance participation rate stable at above 95%.

On October 16, a member of the class of 2026 posted on Xiaohongshu that they had not yet found a job and had recently received a series of calls asking about their employment situation; after one missed call, their family was also contacted, and chat records showed that the town mayor wanted to meet them in person. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is carrying out a youth employment service campaign from July to December, requiring a sweep to identify unemployed graduates.

The Chinese Communist Party issued the Measures for Protecting the Rights and Interests of Workers in New Forms of Employment, proposing to ban platforms from inducing workers to register as individual businesses and to ban multi-layer subcontracting to evade employment responsibilities.

On October 14, human resources and social security departments across various regions officially launched the “Social Security Services Go into Every Household” campaign, publicizing policies on pensions, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance and other insurance programs on site and providing convenient services to the public.

Recently, China's human resources and social security departments have proposed finding uninsured groups through various methods and pushing more people to enroll in social insurance.

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced that it will use big data to find people and mobilize the uninsured to enroll in social insurance, drawing collective mocking private messages and questioning from netizens inside the Great Firewall.

After Li Zhong's remarks sparked heated discussion, netizens sent private messages to the Douyin account of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security with comments such as "I'm turning myself in, I haven't paid social insurance, shoot me," "turning themselves in" and storming the tower.

On October 13, a netizen in Henan who claimed to have been unemployed for many years released an exaggeratedly styled cross-dressing video, publicly calling on Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, and jokingly requesting that he arrange a job "serving the people" so as to pay social insurance contributions, sparking heated discussion among netizens in the comments section.

According to survey data from human resources and social security departments cited by media reports, in 2025 the number of people nationwide discontinuing their employee pension insurance contributions exceeded 42 million, accounting for about 18% of the total number of insured persons, with the discontinuation rate among young people aged 20 to 35 exceeding 30%.

Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that as of the end of September, China's social security enrollment ranks first in the world, and next step is to use various data to find those who have not yet enrolled and mobilize them to enroll.

Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), spoke at a State Council Information Office press conference, calling on more flexible workers and workers in new forms of employment to participate in the employee pension insurance program.

At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, announced that as of the end of September, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work injury insurance had reached 1.079 billion, 251 million, and 327 million respectively, and said that through policy optimization and other means such as “using data to find people,” those not yet enrolled would be found and mobilized to enroll, with a focus on supporting flexible workers and migrant workers in participating in employee pension insurance.

On October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that some people are still not covered by insurance and that they must be found through various means and urged to enroll, sparking heated discussion online.

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said it will use big data to identify people who have not paid social insurance, prompting netizen concerns that social insurance payments may become compulsory.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched the 'National Public Employment Service Map' to provide employment services for graduates. However, just one day after its launch, netizens using software like Amap found that they could not open it, encountering errors such as 'QR code expired' or 'no permission to operate'.

According to the statistical bulletin released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the CCP, the total national employment population decreased by 9.35 million compared to the previous year, a decline of 1.27%, while the number of people receiving unemployment insurance benefits rose significantly.

Bai Yansong invited scholars on the program News 1+1 to discuss the delayed retirement policy then under study by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, sparking public debate over pension fairness and youth employment.