Can Shanghai self-employed people pay social security?

Shanghai self-employed people can pay social security.

According to the clear provisions of national laws, social insurance that can be paid by oneself, including maternity insurance and unemployment insurance, which combine medical insurance and old-age insurance, cannot be paid by oneself. Shanghai social security can be paid by individuals. Freelancers under the age of 60 for men and 55 for women can go through the formalities of pension and medical insurance, and pay the pension and medical insurance premiums as required. Freelancers should participate in pension and medical insurance at the same time, and the relevant procedures should be handled by the street where the household registration is located. They should go through the registration procedures of pension and medical insurance at the district and county social insurance management centers and medical insurance agencies where the freelancers are located, and pay the pension and medical insurance premiums.

Self-employed social security handling process:

1. Bring the required application materials;

2. Go to the personal payment window of the social security agency collection department in the jurisdiction where the household registration is located;

3. Residents above 18 who enjoy the minimum living allowance and have not participated in medical insurance shall submit a written application to the neighborhood office where their household registration is located with relevant supporting materials, such as household registration book, minimum living guarantee certificate and minimum living guarantee certificate, and submit their opinions to the neighborhood office where their household registration is located for examination and approval, and report them to the local civil affairs bureau for examination and approval. After examination and approval, the district civil affairs bureau where the household registration is located shall go through the relevant insurance procedures with the social security department.

To sum up, social insurance refers to the system that the state establishes a social insurance fund through legislation to give necessary material help to workers who participate in labor relations when they lose their ability to work or are unemployed.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 26

The basic medical insurance for employees, the new rural cooperative medical system and the basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.

Article 28

Medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.