我国现收现付制的社会统筹养老保险是从1986年前后逐步在全国各市县开展起来的。在短短的9年时间里,全国大约有90％的市县建立起社会养老保险体制。这对于发展中国家来说,起步速度之快、规模之大,在世界范围内也是一个创举。社会保险制度的建立,对我国经济体制改革和发展起了重要的保障作用。 China’s pay-as-you-go system for social pooling of old-age insurance has been gradually carried out in cities and counties across the country since 1986. In just nine years, about 90% of the country’s cities and counties have established social pension insurance system. For developing countries, this is a quick start and a huge scale. It is also a pioneering undertaking in the world. The establishment of the social insurance system has played an important safeguard role in the reform and development of our economic system.