On July 22nd, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held a press conference for the second quarter of 2025. According to the press conference, as of the end of June, the investment and operation scale of the pension insurance fund was 2.55 trillion yuan. Next, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will continue to promote the expansion of the entrusted investment scale of the basic pension insurance fund. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced that in the first half of the year, key reform tasks were steadily promoted. The national pooling of basic pension insurance for enterprise employees is steadily advancing, and the adjustment funds for the first half of the year have been allocated to support the distribution of pension funds in provinces with financial difficulties; Research and formulate a notice on issues related to receiving personal pension, enrich the conditions for receiving personal pension, and improve the methods and procedures for receiving it. Social security benefits are paid on time and in full, and the management of social security funds and entrusted investment work are continuously strengthened. As of the end of June, the investment and operation scale of the pension insurance fund was 2.55 trillion yuan. The functions of the social security card have been further expanded. As of the end of June, the number of cardholders in China reached 1.39 billion, covering 98.9% of the population. Among them, 1.097 billion people received electronic social security cards, covering 77.9% of the population. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that the next step will be to steadily promote the national pooling of pension insurance, delay the statutory retirement age and other reforms, coordinate with relevant departments to promote the implementation of individual pension policies and measures, do a good job in pension adjustment, timely and fully pay social security benefits, continue to increase fund supervision, and continue to promote the consolidation and improvement of social insurance fund management. Optimize and improve the supervision system of social insurance funds, and guide local governments to use the system to carry out data screening on a regular basis. Continuously promote the expansion of the entrusted investment scale of the basic pension insurance fund, and study further the standardization of the information reporting and disclosure system for the investment and operation of the basic pension insurance fund. (New Society)