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China to cut social security contributions

China will cut the share of enterprise contributions to urban workers’ basic aged-care insurance from 20 to 16 percent starting May 1, the State Council announced Thursday.

Cutting the rates for unemployment and work-related injury insurance will be extended to April 30, 2020, You Jun, vice-minister of human resources and social security, said at a State Council Information Office news conference.

The new policies will cut aged-care insurance fees by more than 190 billion yuan ($28.3 billion) and unemployment and work-related injury insurance by more than 110 billion yuan by the end of 2019, You said.

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