Another wave of good news! Improve the resettlement quality of retired soldiers and hang glory cards.

　　Cctv newsThe Department of Veterans Affairs held a press conference in the State Council Information Office this morning. Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, said that the relevant work of the Law on the Protection of Veterans has been started.

　　This is the first press conference held since the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, introduced that since the establishment of the Veterans Affairs Department on April 16 this year, in view of the actual situation of some veterans being laid off, unemployed and living in difficulties, the Veterans Affairs Department, together with 12 military departments, has issued four policy documents, including increasing support for retired soldiers’ employment and entrepreneurship, improving the resettlement quality of retired soldiers, standardizing and broadening the work of hanging glorious cards, and raising the standard of pension subsidies; A number of policy documents, such as helping and assisting retired soldiers with difficulties, handing over retired cadres and disabled soldiers who are stranded in the army, and the treatment of special care recipients, are being studied and formulated.

Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs

　　Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs(Veterans Affairs Department was established) Over the past three months, all aspects of work have been carried out in an orderly manner, and major issues concerning the service management of veterans have been deeply analyzed and studied, 13 major topics have been set up, technical research has been carried out, and all policies and regulations concerning veterans have been comprehensively sorted out since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Now we have begun to draft the Law on the Protection of Retired Soldiers, that is, we have begun to build the four pillars and eight pillars of the overall thinking of the work of retired soldiers.

　　In addition, Sun Shaocheng said that the Department of Veterans Affairs is still systematically sorting out the demands of various objects, studying and proposing measures one by one, strengthening the supervision of letters and visits, and organizing forces to urge places with more problems to implement policies.

　　Retired military personnel enjoy preferential treatment in employment and entrepreneurship.

　　Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs, said today: Recently, the Veterans Affairs Department has jointly studied and formulated opinions on promoting the employment and entrepreneurship of veterans with 12 local and military departments. For the first time, the opinion puts forward that employment and entrepreneurship policy should be given priority, and retired soldiers should be given special preferential treatment on the basis of enjoying inclusive employment and entrepreneurship support policies and public services.

Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs

　　Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs: First put forward the employment and entrepreneurship policy priority. Retired soldiers will be given special preferential treatment on the basis of enjoying inclusive employment and entrepreneurship support policies and public services. Second, it puts special emphasis on the improvement of the employability of retired military personnel, and stipulates that retired military personnel can enjoy lifelong vocational skills training. In the past, it was limited to a period of time after retirement, and the free training within one year after retirement can be extended to any time after retirement. This is a great change.

　　Qian Feng also stressed that the conditions for institutions, enterprises and institutions to recruit retired military personnel will be appropriately relaxed, and a certain number of grass-roots civil servants will be set up to recruit retired military personnel. At the same time, it is necessary to formulate a job directory suitable for the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, and enterprises and institutions that recruit retired military personnel enjoy certain preferential tax policies. Encourage social capital to set up a venture fund for retired military personnel, build a platform for employment and entrepreneurship service information for retired military personnel, and make full use of big data to provide accurate services.

　　An online petition system will be set up to ensure reasonable demand

　　At today’s press conference of the State Council Information Office, Fang Yongxiang, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs, answered a reporter’s question about the current situation of letters and visits and the next arrangement of letters and visits.

　　Fang Yongxiang said that since the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs more than three months ago, the problems reflected by letters and visits have been concentrated in five aspects: the implementation of resettlement policies, the identification of identity, the standard of special care, and the special difficulties in life. In addition, some of them reflect the problems related to law and litigation. In view of these problems, the Department of Veterans Affairs has classified, analyzed and summarized them, and worked out solutions one by one, urging local governments to implement policies and guiding local governments to carry out personalized solutions. At the same time, a working group was sent to the places where the problems were concentrated to supervise and promote the solution of the problems.

　　On this basis, in the next step, the Department of Veterans Affairs will open an online petition system to improve the efficiency of petition, and at the same time further improve the workflow to ensure the legitimate and reasonable needs of veterans.

　　Fang Yongxiang, Assistant Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs: strengthen supervision and inspection, strengthen supervision over letters and visits including the implementation of relevant policies, and improve the ability to solve problems and implement policies. Comprehensively sort out opinions and suggestions, and incorporate good and constructive ones into our policies and legislation. Improve the rules, procedures and specific measures to improve the effectiveness of handling and petitioning according to law.

　　Retired soldiers have priority to enjoy basic social security.

　　At today’s press conference, Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, also said that veterans who have a difficult life will be given priority to enjoy the basic social security system to ensure their basic living needs.

　　Sun Shaocheng introduced that according to the current policy, there are two main steps to solve the difficult problems of special care recipients and ex-servicemen. In the first step, they are given priority to the most basic universal social security system, and on this basis, they will enjoy special preferential treatment and pensions for retired soldiers and special care recipients.

　　Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans AffairsFor example, if a special care recipient or a retired soldier has difficulties in living, he can first apply for subsistence allowances. When he is determined to be the target of subsistence allowances, all the preferential payments and pensions he enjoys are not included in the calculation of family income, that is, he will continue to enjoy preferential treatment and pensions after enjoying subsistence allowances.

　　Secondly, for some veterans who have special difficulties in providing for the aged and medical care, the Department of Veterans Affairs is formulating new policies to provide them with personalized services to solve their worries.