The Social Security Research Center of Zhejiang University is established in 2015, based on the Social Security Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Province which is established in October 1998.The center is committed to building an influential platform in social security regulations, systems and policy research and government decision consulting in China.
As a multidisciplinary study institute, the Center has cooperated internal and external study force on management science, economics, law, sociology, and demography to intensively study issues on social security system reform in China. Important achievements have gained in researches of elderly protection, health protection, employment, protection for the disabled, welfare of women and children, income distribution, poverty alleviation, public health and public services, which have made positive contributions to the improvement of social security system in Zhejiang province, and even of the whole country.
The routine work of the center includes: (1) to set up some projects on theoretical and practical issues in the field of social security; (2) to carry out policy-making consulting services for central ministries and commissions and local governments; (3) to hold national academic conferences, seminars, and academic exchanges in the field of social security; (4) to hold “Zhejiang University Social Security Youth Forum” and to organize reading activities; (5) to undertake Zhejiang regional liaison work of Chinese Society of Social Security, and Social Security Professional Committee Secretariat of China Disability Research Society.
Director: Prof. He Wenjiong
Deputy Directors: Prof. Chen Xinyong,
Associate Prof. Yao Yinmei,
Prof. Wang Xiaozhang (concurrently)
Secretary-General: Associate Prof. Shi Hong
Address: Room 316 Run Run Shaw Museum, Xixi Campus, Zhejiang University
Email: zjsbzx@126.com
