Confronted with this transformation in society, the government began in the 1980s to create a social safety net. Step by step, national health insurance, retirement pensions, and other measures were initiated. Unemployment insurance, once seen as "something that breeds greed and sloth," was also formally unveiled at the beginning of 1999.
針對社會結構的劇變，政府自七十年代開始逐步打造社會安全網，勞基法、全民健保、老人年金一一開辦，以往一直被視為會「養成好吃懶做惰性」的失業保險，也在今年（八十八年）初正式開辦。