AccordingtoXinhuaNewsAgency,NingxiaHuiAutonomousRegionbegantoimplementsocialendowmentinsuranceforurban-ruralresidentsinJuly2011.Ithasbrokentheformerdualurban-and-ruralsystemandmergedthesocialendowmentinsuranceforurbanresidentsandthenewruralendowmentinsurancetogetherintothesocialendowmentinsuranceforbothurbanandruralresidents.