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Personalized Welfare System

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Personalized Welfare System

Purpose

To meet a diverse range of welfare demands by allowing each civil servant to use their own welfare points to select the welfare benefits they need.
Introduced to all state-level ministries in 2005. Local governments started to introduce the system autonomously from 2006.

Role of organizations involved in personalized welfare system
Ministry of Personnel Management Improve relevant laws , and the system and propose the standard for basic benefits
Each Ministry Secure and execute welfare budgets and provide operation guidelines for additional benefits

Welfare benefit structure

Welfare item Details Note
Basic Mandatory The government determines the necessity of such welfare benefits and mandates all members subscribe. Life/life insurance
Optional The head of each organization determines necessity based on policy needs and mandates all members subscribe. Medical insurance and check-ups for civil servants and family members, etc.
Additional The head of each organization determines necessity based on needs and members freely choose to receive specific benefits. Health care, self-development, leisure, family relationship building

Standards for allocating welfare points

Fixed points Variable points
Service year points Family welfare points

All employees receive 400 points

10 points per year of service

Up to 300 points

Up to 4 members including the spouse, but all children shall be counted regardless of the number of children

100 points for spouse, 50 points for each lineal ascendant or descendant. Among lineal descendants, 100 points for the second child and 200 points from the third child