Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai will issue a series of new social security policies for the second half of this year to help the poor and improve residents' lives, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said at a seminar yesterday with deputies of the Shanghai People's Congress (SPC) and the Shanghai Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
"We should establish a long-standing social security system to pay more attention to poor people and take measures to improve their lives with a goal of facilitating social justice and the establishment of a harmonious society," Mayor Han said.
Besides raising the minimum monthly pay for local workers, other measures will include offering free job training and subsidies to the unemployed, pensions and medical fees to senior citizens above the ages of 70 who have not been covered by the city's social security system, and also establishing a fundamental medical security system for local infants, elementary and middle-school students, Han pointed out.
A special system will be launched specially for locals helping in development of other domestic cities and provinces who return to the city for retirement, along with raising local pensions, he added.