Can you activate your social security card by yourself?

Legal analysis: Yes, you can activate your social security card by calling the social security hotline and providing your ID card and social security card according to the voice prompts or transferring to a human service

Legal basis: Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 4: Employers and individuals in the territory of the People's Republic of China are legally entitled to make contributions to the social insurance scheme and have the right to inquire about the records of contributions. They have the right to inquire into the records of contributions and individual rights and interests, and to request social insurance agencies to provide social insurance counseling and other related services.

Article 58 An employer shall, within thirty days from the date of employment, apply for social insurance registration with a social insurance agency for its employees. If the employer fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance agency shall approve the social insurance premiums to be paid by the employer.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply to the social insurance administrative organization for social insurance registration.

The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. The individual social security number is a citizen's identity number.