welfare refers to the non-cash remuneration adopted by enterprises in order to retain and motivate employees. Therefore, the biggest difference between the welfare listed in this system and the allowance is that the welfare is non-cash remuneration, while the allowance is paid in cash. The forms of benefits include insurance, physical goods, stock options, training, paid leave, etc. The amounts listed in the system are considered from the perspective of company cost and are displayed after being converted into amounts.

The distribution of benefits (or allowances) pays more attention to practicality and humanization. One trend is to pre-store a series of benefits, such as meal supplement, car supplement, telephone supplement, holiday allowance, etc., in welfare cards, and employees use the welfare cards to swipe their cards at the contracted merchants of the welfare cards. At present, there are local welfare card merchant systems in various cities in China. The well-known welfare cards in Beijing are Shangtong Card of Zihexin Group, Lianxin Card of Kailian Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Yali Card. With the development of market economy in China, this form of welfare distribution has gradually merged with other industries, covering supermarkets, department stores, restaurants, entertainment, finance and other fields. From the card welfare, we can also foresee a simple trend of modern people's life.

The word "welfare" has existed since ancient times in China. Zhong Changtong, a philosopher at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, criticized the current political situation in his articles, and there was a remark that "a traitor is good at endless welfare, while a good man is guilty of unforgivable crimes". According to this specific context, this "welfare" is called happiness and interest. The reason why this item was not included in the 1979 edition of Ci Hai is, of course, because the word "welfare" was still sitting on the bench. This word has only become popular in the past twenty years. There is no new version of Ci Hai at hand. If you look up the Modern Chinese Dictionary (Revised Edition) published in 1996, you already have the item "welfare". * * * has two meanings, the first meaning is "benefits in life". It refers to the care for the life (food, accommodation, medical care, etc.) of employees. "

There are still many differences between the "welfare" that people often say nowadays and the interpretation of Modern Chinese Dictionary (Revised Edition), which needs to be revised. For example, raising employees' wages is of course related to employees' "interests in life", but it is not called "welfare", but what can be called "welfare" is income beyond wages. There are certain standards for wages, and "welfare" is much more casual, depending on the benefits of the unit (whether there is money to pay) and the courage of the head of the unit (dare to pay); Bonuses distributed according to the size of contribution are extra-salary income, but it is not called "welfare", but can be called "welfare". No matter the size of contribution, everyone has a share. Some people dare not take the bonuses distributed according to the size of contribution for fear of psychological imbalance of others. "Welfare" (sometimes called "bonus") is always happy, so there is no need to worry about "pink eye". This kind of "welfare" can be embodied in money, in kind and in other aspects, but the most attractive thing so far is probably "welfare housing allocation", and housing is also a kind of "welfare". In fact, the biggest feature of "welfare" lies in its "unit ownership". The difference between units is often staggering. In some industries (such as finance, taxation, post and telecommunications), the income of a young man who has just joined the work can make an old professor who has worked hard for decades far behind, which is to drink "Tianshui"; There are also people who rely on mountains to eat and water to drink, and rely on the power resources of their own departments to generate income. There are also fish, fish and shrimp, and they can also show their magical powers when crossing the sea. Some illegal "red-headed documents", "organizational behaviors" and off-balance-sheet accounts of small coffers are often related to "welfare". Even a school known as Qingshui Yamen can generate income from teaching materials, and it can also regard the preferential admission of children as the "welfare" of employees.

The popularity of the word "welfare" makes people happy and worried. The good news is that it reflects the improvement of material life and the concern of leaders at all levels in the past 21 years. However, the worry is that the word "welfare" not only has the aftertaste of the same pot of rice, but also contains unfair distribution caused by industry monopoly and gray corruption caused by illegal administration, which is a special disorder phenomenon in the transition period. Moreover, the connotation and extension of "welfare" are still expanding. There is a party and government organ at a considerable level that has been promoted in a large area during the institutional reform, which has seriously reversed the ratio of "officials" to "soldiers". This is obviously contrary to the spirit of institutional reform, but the relevant person explained: an organ like ours has no other benefits, and everyone has worked hard for so many years. If the position is promoted, the salary can be increased to some extent. As a result, a new category has appeared in the "welfare" family, or "welfare officials".