Human resources and social security departments (bureaus) and Finance (Finance) departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps:

In order to reduce the cost of enterprises and enhance the vitality of enterprises, in accordance with the social insurance law of the people's Republic of China and other relevant provisions, and with the consent of the State Council, the matters related to the phased reduction of social insurance rates are hereby notified as follows:

1、 From May 1, 2016, provinces (autonomous regions and cities) where the payment proportion of basic old-age insurance units for enterprise employees exceeds 20% will reduce the payment proportion of units to 20%; The proportion of the payment period of the provincial and municipal pension insurance units can be reduced by 19% to the end of 2015, and the payment rate of the provincial and municipal pension insurance units can be reduced by 19% to the end of 2015. The specific scheme shall be determined by each province (district and city).

2、 From May 1, 2016, the total rate of unemployment insurance can be reduced to 1% - 1.5% in stages on the basis of 1% reduction in 2015, of which the individual rate shall not exceed 0.5%. The period for reducing the rate shall be temporarily implemented for two years. The specific scheme shall be determined by each province (district and city).

3、 All localities should continue to implement the decision of the State Council in 2015 on reducing the average rate of work-related injury insurance by 0.25 percentage points and the rate of maternity insurance by 0.5 percentage points and relevant policies and regulations to ensure that the policies are implemented in place. The combined implementation of maternity insurance and basic medical insurance shall be uniformly organized and implemented after the relevant regulations are formulated and promulgated by the State Council.

The adjustment of social insurance premium rate has strong policy and high social attention. All localities should unify their thoughts and actions with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, strengthen organizational leadership and carefully organize their implementation. We should improve the incentive and restraint mechanism of basic old-age insurance, ensure that all fund receivables are collected, achieve sustainable development and long-term actuarial balance, and ensure that the standards of social insurance benefits of insured personnel are not reduced and the benefits are paid in full and on time. We should strengthen policy publicity and correctly guide public opinion. The specific rate adjustment schemes of all localities shall be implemented after being approved by the provincial people's government and reported to the Ministry of human resources and social security and the Ministry of Finance for the record.

Please report to the Ministry of human resources and social security and the Ministry of Finance on the implementation of this notice and the problems encountered in the work.

Ministry of human resources and social security

treasury department

April 14, 2016