Component 2 supports the pilot provinces of Beijing, Gansu, Hunan, Jilin, Shandong and Sichuan in the implementation of twenty pilot projects across the board of social insurance issues in China. Within these provinces, several municipalities implement their own pilots.
The support provided by Component 2 through “Technical Assistance” mainly consists of the provision of expertise by European and Chinese experts with a strong social security background. Besides direct consultancy, Component 2 organises trainings, workshops, seminars and study tours for provincial and municipal social insurance managers and staff.
An academic network is under construction with a view to sharing experience and also preparing a basis for tailor-made support meeting the requirements of provinces and municipalities.
Component 2 will also organise cross-provincial exchanges and will promote the results achieved in pilot provinces in non-pilot provinces across China. Good results should also feed into the policy development activities undertaken by Component 1.
Research Reports available:
- FRONT – AND BACK-OFFICE INTEGRATION IN SOCIAL SECURITY - A CONCEPT NOTE by Jean-Victor Gruat English Report

- General Principles and Core Issues in Social Security - Technical Note for Guidelines on EU Social Insurance Administration by Jean-Victor Gruat English Report

- Management reviews and Auditing in Social Security by Jean-Victor Gruat English Report

- SOCIAL SECURITY GOVERNANCE : IN-FOCUS AREAS by Jean-Victor Gruat English Report

- Assessment of the Medical insurance Information Systems at the Medical Insurance Administrations in Jilin province,
by Mr. Jiří Němec, Health Expert of Component 2: English Report
Chinese Report 
- Assessment of the Medical Insurance Information Systems at the Medical Insurance Administrations in Gansu province,
by Mr. Jiří Němec, Health Expert of Component 2: English Report
Chinese Report 
- Assessment of the Medical insurance Information System at the Municipal Medical insurance Administration in Qingdao,
by Mr. Jiří Němec, Health Expert of Component 2: English Report
Chinese Report 
- The social and economic situation of farmers who have lost their land in China
(Jilin, Shandong and Sichuan provinces)
by Mel Cousins, EU key expert in Old-age Insurance, Component 2 English Report 
- Social care situational analysis in Hunan Province, by Mr. Zhang Shifei, Chinese Senior Expert in Socialk Care, Copmonent 2: English Report
Chinese Report 
- Social care situational analysis in Sichuan Province, by Mr. Zhang Shifei, Chinese Senior Expert in Socialk Care, Copmonent 2: English Report
Chinese Report 