The 10th International Conference on Social Security, Beijing, China, September 13-14, 2014

The 10th International Conference on Social Security "Challenges and Opportunities of Contemporary Social Security System" was held at Beijing (China). This conference was organized by China Social Security Research Center at Renmin University (China) hosted jointly by China Social Security 30 Forum, Korean Association of social Policy and Japan Association for Social Policy Studies, Japan-East Asia Division. Following the keynote lectures, thematic sessions such as "Health care", "Elderly pension", "Long-term care", "Social welfare", "Public assistance", "International elderly pension security", "Youth session" were held. Active discussions were exchanged in these sessions.

Three IPSS researchers had attended the conference and presented by oral listed below;
　Reiko HAYASHI (Director, Department of International Research and Cooperation) “Healthy Life Expectancy in East Asia – A Comparative view of China, Korea and Japan -” (Elderly pension session)　Abstract in Japanese　Presentation in Japanese
　Yoshihiro KANEKO (Advisory Officer for Policy Research Coordination) “Life Security Function of the Public Pension Insurance and Supplementary Role of the Corporate Pension Scheme – in the case of Japan” (International elderly pension security session)
　Katsuhisa KOJIMA (Department of International Research and Cooperation) “Long–term Care System Construction in Korea and Taiwan - Comparison with Japan -” (Long-term care session)　Abstract　Abstract in Japanese　Presentation in Japanese

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