社会保障制度改革，对于中国这样一个正处于转型期的国家来说尤其重要。所以，这一问题引起了政界和学界的高度关注，甚至还引起了国外学者的关注。 2000年初，有关部门曾通过问卷、研讨会等形式讨论这一问题，众专家推枰论道、各具一词，在笔者看来各种说法都有令人深思之处， The reform of the social security system is especially important to China, a country in transition. Therefore, this issue has aroused the political and academic attention, and even attracted the attention of foreign scholars. In early 2000, relevant departments had discussed this issue in the form of questionnaires, seminars and other forms. All experts said that there is a word for each and every one of them. In my opinion, all kinds of explanations are thought-provoking,