Implementation of endowment insurance system for migrant workers and its countermeasures in China

The present paper is an attempt to introduce the concept,classification and characteristics of migrant workers and analyze the implementation of endowment insurance system for them and the constrained factors which restricted its implementation.Based on the principles of expanding the coverage of endowment insurance system,keeping integrity and continuity,low entry standard and expansibility,a new mode of endowment insurance system for migrant workers has been developed.In order to improve the prevailing endowment insurance system for migrant workers,some countermeasures were put forward,viz.,implementation of supporting measures for carrying out endowment insurance system for migrant workers,guaranteeing minimum wage for migrant workers,strengthening professional skill trainings for migrant workers,enhancing propaganda of endowment insurance system,establishing legal system that specially aimed at social security,implementation of rules and regulations to operate endowment insurance system,etc.