Recently, there has been a high volume of policy inquiries. The Hohhot Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau has systematically compiled and summarized frequently asked questions from the public and is publicly answering them in a Q&A format to help residents accurately check their eligibility, quickly verify conditions, and apply in accordance with regulations, ensuring that beneficial policies reach the people directly and efficiently and that all eligible individuals receive their full entitlements.

Policy Content

Small and medium-sized enterprises in key industry sectors (manufacturing, consumer services, and modern services) that hire individuals from key groups (college graduates, persons registered as unemployed for more than six months, and monitoring targets for preventing return to poverty) and who, in accordance with regulations, newly pay or continue to pay basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums for them in 2026 shall receive a social insurance subsidy equal to 25% of the individual's actual premium contributions. The application deadline is December 31, 2026. Each person may receive the subsidy for a cumulative period not exceeding 12 months, and the subsidy shall be paid directly to the employee's personal bank card.

Important Notes

鈶?This subsidy was implemented in 2025. For applications for the 2025 annual key group social insurance subsidy, the key industry sectors include only manufacturing and consumer services; for applications for the 2026 annual key group social insurance subsidy, modern services has been added to the key industry sectors. Those who meet the 2025 application criteria but missed the earlier application deadline may submit their application before December 31, 2026.

鈶?Individuals who participate in social insurance as flexible workers, those insured through large enterprises, and enterprise legal representatives and capital contributors are all outside the scope of this policy.

鈶?Employees of individually-owned businesses shall be included in the policy target scope by reference to statistical and classification standards.

To apply for the subsidy, three requirements must be met simultaneously: identity, employment, and social insurance.

Identity Requirement

Key groups: college graduates, persons registered as unemployed for more than six months, and monitoring targets for preventing return to poverty.

Employment Requirement

Employment in small and medium-sized enterprises within key industry sectors (manufacturing, consumer services, and modern services).

Social Insurance Requirement

In 2026 (or 2025), the enterprise newly pays or continues to pay basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums for key group individuals in accordance with regulations. All of the above conditions must be met simultaneously to be eligible to apply for the subsidy.

01 Who Can Receive This Subsidy?

Anyone who falls into one of the following three key groups is eligible: 鈶?2025/2026 graduates of colleges and universities and graduates who have been unemployed for less than two years after leaving school (to apply for the 2025 social insurance subsidy, applicants must be 2025 college graduates or 2024 and 2023 graduates who left school without employment; to apply for the 2026 social insurance subsidy, applicants must be 2026 college graduates or 2025 and 2024 graduates who left school without employment); 鈶?persons registered as unemployed for more than six months (persons who had a registered unemployment period of six months or more before the time of their first premium payment record in 2026 or 2025); 鈶?monitoring targets for preventing return to poverty (who have obtained the relevant certificate from the rural revitalization department of the banner, county, or district where their household registration is located).

02 What Conditions Must Be Met to Receive the Subsidy?

On the premise of meeting the above key group identity requirements, both the employment and social insurance requirements must also be satisfied simultaneously: 鈶?Employment requirement: employment in small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing, consumer services, or modern services sectors; 鈶?Social insurance requirement: in 2026 (or 2025), the enterprise newly pays or continues to pay basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance for key group individuals in accordance with regulations.

03 What Is the Subsidy Standard? What Is the Maximum Duration?

鈶?Subsidy standard: a subsidy equal to 25% of the sum of the individual's actual contributions to basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums. 鈶?Subsidy duration: the same individual may receive the subsidy for a cumulative maximum of no more than 12 months.

04 Who Can Apply? What Is the Application Deadline?

Both enterprises and eligible individuals may apply. The subsidy application deadline is December 31, 2026. Those who meet the 2025 subsidy conditions but missed the earlier application deadline may submit their application before December 31, 2026.

05 What Application Channels Are Available?

Online application: Search for the "Leye Qingcheng Service Platform" mini-program on WeChat, complete registration, click on "Key Group Social Insurance Subsidy Application," and follow the application guidelines to submit application materials to the banner, county, or district where the employer is registered. Offline application: Enterprises or individuals may go to the employment service center window in the area where the employer is registered.

06 What Conditions Must Insured Enterprises Meet? How Can an Enterprise Self-Check Whether It Qualifies as a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise?

The insured enterprise must be a small or medium-sized enterprise. Those insured through large enterprises do not meet the application criteria. There are two ways to self-check: 鈶?Search the enterprise's scale type through "Qichacha"; 鈶?Search for the "SME Scale Type Self-Assessment" mini-program on WeChat.

07 How Can One Determine Whether an Enterprise Belongs to Manufacturing, Consumer Services, or Modern Services?

At least one of the business scopes stated in the enterprise's business license must conform to the manufacturing industry in the National Bureau of Statistics' "Industrial Classification of the National Economy" and the industries in the "Statistical Classification of Consumer Services (2019)" and the "Statistical Classification of Modern Services (2023)."

08 Can One Apply for the Subsidy If Insured Through a Labor Dispatch or Other Human Resources Service Agency?

If a labor dispatch company or other human resources service agency belongs to the modern services sector and it is confirmed that a labor contract has been signed with an eligible individual and social insurance has been paid, the subsidy may be applied for in accordance with regulations.

09 Can Those Who Have Already Left Their Jobs Apply for the Social Insurance Subsidy for the Period When They Were Employed?

Yes! Eligible individuals who were employed by a qualifying enterprise in 2025 or 2026 and who paid employee basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums may still apply for the subsidy for the corresponding premium payment months during their employment even if they have since resigned. The subsidy shall be paid in a lump sum, and the cumulative subsidy period shall not exceed 12 months.

10 If an Enterprise Only Pays Basic Pension Insurance for a Worker, Can the Subsidy Still Be Applied For?

If an enterprise pays only one or two of the three types of insurance (basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, and unemployment insurance), the subsidy may still be granted at 25% of the individual's actual contribution amount. When applying online, please handwrite a statement explaining "basic pension insurance/basic medical insurance/unemployment insurance not paid" and upload it together with the other application materials.

11 Can One Apply for Social Insurance Premium Months That Have Not Yet Occurred? How Should the Subsidy Application Date Be Filled In?

No! Only months for which premium payments have already been completed may be applied for. Future premium months that have not yet occurred cannot be applied for in advance; months for which payments are completed later may be submitted in a supplementary application. For example, if applying in October, one may apply at most up to October of that year and cannot apply for unpaid months such as November and December.

12 Must the Enterprise Name Filled In the Application Match the Social Insurance Contribution Entity?

It must be consistent. The enterprise name filled in the application must exactly match the name of the enterprise that participates in and pays social insurance.

If you have any further questions, you may call the following dedicated consultation hotlines for detailed inquiries:

Consultation Hotlines

Municipal-level dedicated consultation hotlines: 0471-5181312 (persons registered as unemployed for more than six months); 0471-5181309 (monitoring targets for preventing return to poverty); 0471-3813582 (college graduate group).

Business Handling Consultation Hotlines for Each Banner, County, and District

1. Xincheng District Employment Service Center: 0471-6218817 (persons registered as unemployed for more than six months and monitoring targets for preventing return to poverty). 2. Xincheng District Human Resources Service Center: 0471-4109611 (2026 college graduates and 2024 and 2025 graduates who left school without employment). 3. Huimin District Employment Service Center: 0471-3821097. 4. Yuquan District Employment Service Center: 0471-5686982. 5. Saihan District Employment Service Center: 0471-3916446. 6. Tumed Left Banner Employment Service Center: 0471-8162627. 7. Togtoh County Employment Service Center: 0471-8528789. 8. Horinger County Employment Service Center: 0471-7181511. 9. Qingshuihe County Employment Service Center: 0471-7910226. 10. Wuchuan County Employment Service Center: 0471-8823533.