社会保障制度是我国社会主义市场经济体制建立和改革的一项重要内容。加快发展小城镇社会保障制度不仅关系到我国城镇化发展进程,而且也关系到我国经济和社会发展的总体进程。为此,笔者对建立健全小城镇社会保障制度的必要性、原则,以及加快小城镇社会保障制度建设步伐等三方面进行了详细阐述。 The social security system is an important part of the establishment and reform of China’s socialist market economic system. Accelerating the development of the social security system in small towns not only relates to the process of urbanization in our country, but also to the general process of China’s economic and social development. Therefore, the author elaborates on the necessity and principle of establishing and perfecting the social security system in small towns and accelerating the pace of building the social security system in small towns.