21.   But major reforms aimed at easing the burden of high taxes and the national pension system are bogged down.

22.   China will develop a national pension system funded with state treasury bonds to provide a welfare safety net for workers, an official report said Wednesday.

23.   Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed Monday to enter talks with the opposition aimed at reaching a compromise tax plan for easing employer costs for the national pension system.

24.   Even the government concedes that the national pension system could go into the red for the first time ever this year.

25.   He called for cheaper housing, better infrastructure in rural areas, a national pension system and other improvements for ordinary Chinese.

26.   He also warned the opposition-dominated upper house of parliament against blocking a reform designed to put the national pension system on a sounder financial footing.

27.   Kohl also warned the opposition-dominated upper house of parliament against blocking a reform designed to put the national pension system on a sounder financial footing.

28.   One Herculean task facing Dini already thwarted Berlusconi -- standing up to powerful unions in making drastic cuts and changes in the national pension system.

29.   The government on Wednesday approved gradual cuts in retirement benefits as a means of saving the national pension system.

30.   The Ministry of Health and Welfare decides the minimum yield life insurance companies must pay on the national pension funds they manage.