The Ministry of Civil Affairs and National Working Commission on Aging said in
its 2025 National Aging Development Bulletin that China's basic pension
insurance coverage continued to expand. As of end-2025, 1.076 bln people
participated in basic pension insurance, up 3.09 mln from end-2024. Urban
employee basic pension participation stood at 546.72 mln, up 12.20 mln.
Participation in the urban and rural resident basic pension was 529.19 mln, of
whom 188.20 mln were actually receiving benefits. The national minimum basic
pension for urban and rural residents was raised by 20 yuan for 2025. Cumulative
Contributions to the personal pension scheme totaled 145.2 bln yuan.