The ISSA will open a Focal Point office for its Chinese member organizations, in Beijing, People's Republic of China, on 10 October 2011.

The Focal Point will be hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China, and will provide services to ISSA members. The inauguration of the office will be followed by a Technical Seminar on Adequacy and Quality of Social Security Benefits and Services, which will involve senior officials from MoHRSS and ISSA associate members, provincial social security departments, social insurance agencies and academics from the country.