Top legislature urges enhancement of social insurance regulations

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, has called for more sound, scientific regulations for the nation's social insurance system after it sent an inspection team to review the implementation of the Social Insurance Law this summer.

The team, consisting of 19 people, toured 16 cities and prefectures in six provinces from June to July, including Shanghai and the provinces of Heilongjiang and Guangdong, to review the social insurance law's implementation.

The team also authorized six provincial NPC standing committees in provincial-level regions such as Zhejiang and Chongqing to review the law's implementation over that period.