Guangzhou(Canton) is now making efforts to build a social security system including the following five parts: a minimum wage standard for enterprise workers, minimum subsistence allowances for laid-off workers, unemployment insurance, guaranteed minimum pensions, and minimum subsistence allowances for urban and rural residents.

Currently, a multi-level social security system has been initially formed in Guangzhou(Canton). The numbers of urban and rural citizens who are covered by pension insurance, unemployment insurance, medical care, and minimum subsistence allowances are increasing yearly.