Improving China’s institutional capacity towards universal social protection (Phase 3)

The project phase 3 builds on two previous phases of EU-China-ILO collaboration and assumes that strengthening institutional capacity, policy coherence, and evidence-based dialogue will accelerate China’s progress toward universal, adequate, and sustainable social protection. By providing specialized technical assistance, conducting policy-oriented research, facilitating tripartite and academic dialogue, and promoting international exchanges and information sharing with EU and its Member States, the project enhances the ability of national counterparts, particularly the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA), the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), and the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC), to design and implement social security reforms that extend coverage and improve benefit adequacy, under the guidance of ILO’s international labour standards.

Project symbol

CHN/25/02/EUR

Admin unit

CO-Beijing

Start date

01/02/2026

End date

31/01/2030

Total allocation

1309288

Total expenditure

Status

Active

210174

Development Partners

Delegation of the European Union to China

Country/Countries

China

Outcomes

Outcome 7: Universal social protection