The difference between the new social security card and the old social security card

Legal analysis: the new social security card is loaded with financial functions, which can be used as social security card and bank debit card. The new card is more secure than the old one. The built-in chip records the personal data, insurance (payment) records and employment information of the insured.

Legal basis: Notice on Printing and Distributing the Measures for the Administration of Social Security Cards of the People's Republic of China.

Fourteenth human resources and social security departments at all levels should actively promote the application of social security cards in various business fields. For merchants who do not have the conditions to use the card temporarily, they must be retained. For businesses that need to be carried out with the help of financial functions, it should be realized by carrying financial functions on social security cards.

Twentieth social security cards adopt key security technology and implement a unified national key management system.

Article 21 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is responsible for generating and managing the control keys of national read-through documents and other keys that need to be used nationwide, and distributing them to human resources and social security departments at provincial and municipal levels step by step according to unified rules to form sub-keys.