Can an individual buy social security? How to buy

An individual can buy social security. Individuals can participate in employee social security in the capacity of a flexible employer, or participate in urban and rural residents' social security. For those who participate in employee social security as a flexible employer, they can generally only pay for pension insurance and medical insurance, and they have to pay for them in the place where they have their household accounts, and they can participate in social security through talent service centers or employment referral service centers.

Social Insurance Law

Article 12

The employer shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the ratio of the total wages of the employees of the organization as prescribed by the state, and credit it to the Basic Pension Insurance Co-ordination Fund. Employees shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of their own wages prescribed by the State and credited to their individual accounts. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in basic pension insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons who participate in basic pension insurance shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations, which shall be credited to the basic pension insurance general fund and individual accounts respectively.

Social Insurance Law

Article 12

Employers shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the State's regulations on the proportion of the total wages of their own employees, which shall be credited to the Basic Pension Insurance Coordination Fund. Employees shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of their own wages prescribed by the State and credited to their individual accounts. Individual business households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in the basic pension insurance of the employer, and other flexibly employed persons to participate in the basic pension insurance shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations, which shall be credited to the basic pension insurance fund and individual account respectively.