"iron rice bowl" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, John Gittings, “Economics in Command: The modernization of China”, in The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market",
          "text": "Large or small, a state enterprise took care of all the needs of its workers and dependents, providing housing, schools, and health facilities at minimal cost - the so-called \"iron rice bowl\" which the economic mobilizers said now had to be 'smashed'.",
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  "word": "iron rice bowl"
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