The aging of the population is increasing: the proportion of people over 60 years old in China continues to increase, and it is expected to reach 29.9% by 2040, which poses great pressure on the existing old-age security system.Improvement of market stability: the entry of long-term funds into the market will help reduce short-term fluctuations in the market and improve market stability, which is of positive significance to the healthy development of the capital market.2.1 Increased market liquidity
1.2 Impact of market expansionUnderdevelopment of the third pillar: Compared with developed countries, the scale of the second and third pillar pensions in China is relatively low, which needs to be promoted through policy guidance.Incorporating index funds into the personal pension investment catalogue will also help to strengthen the education and popularization of financial market knowledge and enhance the financial literacy and risk awareness of the whole society. According to market research, individual pension investors pay more attention to the long-term performance and risk control of products when choosing investment products, which will prompt investors to pay more attention to the long-term trend and investment knowledge of financial markets, thus improving the financial literacy of the whole society.
2.4 Optimization of capital market structureAfter being included in the index fund, the funds in the individual pension account will enter the market as incremental funds, which will significantly improve the market liquidity. According to official data, as of December 12th, the number of Public Offering of Fund products that can be invested in personal pension has increased to 284, and it is estimated that the scale of new funds will reach several hundred billion yuan. This scale of capital inflow will provide stable liquidity support for the market and reduce the sensitivity of the market to short-term capital fluctuations.