A joint open letter signed by university students of the republic has surfaced on the Siyuan Lake BBS forum, listing 14 universities including Peking University and Renmin University, calling for the abolition of the unlimited term extension system for the president of the state and the implementation of people's supervision.
On October 23, the Journal of the Central Party School published a paper by scholars from Renmin University of China titled "Optimization of the Social Security System and Solidly Advancing Common Prosperity," which points out that in 2025 the average monthly pension expenditure for urban employees is 3,900 yuan, while that for urban and rural residents is only 276 yuan, a difference of 14 times, and recommends substantially raising the basic pension for farmers, with the older the age, the larger the increase.
On October 20, Guan Quan, an economics professor at Renmin University of China, posted a video on social media pointing out that urban residents' years of service before 1992 can be converted and counted as deemed contributions, while farmers who paid grain tax for decades cannot, saying that although it is technically difficult, "it's actually not that hard."