China Daily:

As we all know, the transfer and resettlement of veterans are very important. What progress and achievements have been made in this regard in recent years? Thank you.  

Ma Feixiong:

Thank you for your question. Resettlement of veterans is regular work. Where there are armed forces, there is retirement. Where there is retirement, there is resettlement. I am happy to give you some information about this. 

The resettlement of veterans is a global problem. We can demonstrate our efforts by rising to challenges. Since the establishment of the MVA, we have always followed the guidelines of serving the economy and the society, serving the construction of national defense and the armed forces, adhering to the principle of appropriate resettlement, reasonable use, tapping the full potential of talents and making sure that everyone enjoys his place. We will focus on the target of high-quality development, improve policies and measures, enhance working mechanisms, and improve our services, so as to well resettle veterans. 

First, we have continued to improve the resettlement system. We established a resettlement system that featured monthly retirement payments and rolled out measures for implementation. We started a training resettlement scheme for professional talents of veterans, improved the system for choosing jobs based on service contribution, promoted the system to encourage veterans to work at the grassroots level, and standardized transfer and resettlement procedures to improve the resettlement system. 

Second, the quality of resettlement has improved steadily. We carried out a series of measures, collecting reasonable positions, making scientific resettlement plans, intensifying our efforts in training, making more significant efforts to better match talents with positions, and doing everything possible to motivate employers to improve the quality of resettlement effectively. 

For more than four years, we have successfully resettled 330,000 ex-service members, who were employed by Party and government institutions at all levels, people's organizations, public institutions and state-owned enterprises. Their satisfaction with the resettlement work has been increasing year by year. 

Third, special campaigns have progressed smoothly. We focus on serving for and promoting military reforms and overcoming difficulties. We resettled many ex-service members during military reforms and took concrete steps to address permanent residency of military personnel and resettlement of ex-firemen. We also focus on serving for war preparedness and combat capabilities and follow the principle of taking special measures in special situations. We have quickened our steps to resettle military personnel who have been put on rest for a long time and retired soldiers who are sick and disabled. We focus on resolving the pressing difficulties and problems of veterans. We completed the work of supplementary payment of basic old-age insurance of some ex-servicemen, covering 2.853 million ex-service members. The management of basic old-age insurance is now conducted regularly. All these measures and work have convincingly shown the care of the Party and governments for ex-service members.