Reform Of British Welfare System And Its Enlightenment

Social Security is part of the welfare system, it is the reflection of fairness andefficiency and has a positive effect for maintaining social stability In order toestablish a more comprehensive and better social security system, China governmenthas already pay a lot attention on its government paper released in2012.In this paper,it said the reform of the social security system in China should base on China’s ownnational conditions and learn the reform experience of other countries in the rest ofthe world, especially the experience of UK.UK is the first country to establish welfaresystem which is also the first country to reform it, so its reform experience of welfaresystem a very important reference for the reform of the social security system inChina.This paper is divided into five parts to discuss the British welfare reform and theenlightenment to Chinese social security reformation. The first part is the introduction,including research background, significance, research methods and the concepts ofwelfare state and social security; the second part introduces the establishment of theBritish welfare state and its main content; Part III focuses on the Thatcher governmentbenefits Reform of the welfare system, mainly analyzing the background of thereform, the reform process and results; fourth part analyzes the Blair governmentreform Britain’s welfare system, and accordingly exploring the background of itsreform process and outcome; and finally, examines the current situation and problemsof China’s social security system, put forward some suggestions to the China socialsecurity reform, basing on of the experiences of the British welfare system reform.