Under the past systemof planned economy, the government promised to provide all the workers the endowment insurance when they retired. But when the endowment insurance system changed from the former collection-for-pay system to the present consolidated-individual account-combined system, the social
consolidated account in the latter couldn't afford the annuities of retired workers, resulting in a huge gap of the fund, which forms the historical obligation of our endowment insurance. The government is the obligor of the obligation because of its promise. To guarantee the government to perform the obligation ruly, a special Historical Obligation Compensation Law shall be enacted to apply for it. |