How do self-employed people participate in social security?

Legal analysis: Self-employed individuals can participate in social security in two ways: 1. If they have registered their business license and organization code, they can go to the Social Security Bureau to purchase social security directly and apply for a social security account, and then pay social security for themselves through this account; 2. If you only registered the business license and did not register the organization code, you can't go directly to the Social Security Bureau to pay social security, but you can pay social security as a flexible employee. See the Regulations on Flexible Employment Insurance for details.

Legal basis: Article 12 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the employer shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund. Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.