Issued by: Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau, Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai Municipal Healthcare Security Bureau
Issue No.: HurensheGui [2025] No. 14
Release Date: July 18, 2025
Effective date: July 18, 2025
Links: https://rsj.sh.gov.cn/tjypx_17728/20250808/t0035_1434756.html
This policy aims to establish a shared mechanism for maternity costs and reduce corporate labor expenses by subsidizing employers' social insurance contributions for female employees, thereby promoting gender equality in employment. The main provisions are as follows:

Applicable Entities: Employers in Shanghai, including enterprises, social organizations, law firms, accounting firms, and individually-owned businesses that participate in social insurance as entities.

Eligibility Criteria: Employers may claim social insurance subsidies if they have implemented maternity
leave and additional childbirth leave policies for female employees who give birth on or after January 1, 2025, and have continued to pay social insurance contributions during these leave periods.

Application Period: Within one year after the end of the female employee’s maternity leave and additional childbirth leave.

Application Method: "Reimburse after payment" – applications must be submitted to the district human resources and social security bureau where the employer is registered.

Subsidy Standard: 50% of the employer’s actual contributions for basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance), unemployment insurance, and employment injury insurance during the maternity and additional childbirth leave periods. The subsidy covers six months starting from the month of childbirth.

Special Provisions for Labor Dispatch Units: Social insurance subsidies for dispatched workers shall be applied for by the labor dispatch unit, and then fully allocated to the actual employing unit that provides the positions and bears wage and social insurance costs.

Implementation Period: Effective from July 18, 2025 to July 17, 2030.