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Are foreigners forced to pay social security?

Legal Analysis: Foreigners who are directly employed by employers in China and who are sent to work in branches and representative offices in China after signing employment contracts with overseas employers (hereinafter referred to as "domestic employers") will participate in basic old-age insurance for employees, basic medical insurance for employees, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to protect citizens' right to get material help from the state and society according to law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.