2009年5月9日,随着“宁夏回族自治区高龄老人津贴发放启动仪式”在银川市的隆重举行,标志着“高龄老人津贴制度”在宁夏正式建立。此项制度民政部给予了高度评价:“是对传统补缺型社会福利制度的重大变革和创新.实现了由临时性、不确定救济向常态化、制度性保障的重大突破”。这项制度意义如此重大,宁夏为何要建立这项制度?它在宁夏的社会福利发展史上具有何种意义?带着种种疑问,本刊特约记者就“高龄老人津贴制度”采访了自治区民政厅厅长马廷礼。 On May 9, 2009, as the “Launching Ceremony for Allowing and Payment for Senior Citizens’ Allowance in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region” was held in Yinchuan, it marked the establishment of the “Old Age Allowance System” in Ningxia. The Ministry of Civil Affairs of this system gave a high appraisal: “It is a major reform and innovation in the traditional welfare social welfare system, and has achieved a major breakthrough in the transition from temporary and indefinite relief to normalization and institutional protection.” What is the significance of this system in the history of the development of social welfare in Ningxia? With its various questions, this journal special correspondent has interviewed the government of the autonomous region on the system of allowance for the elderly Hall director Martine Li.