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What is social security for?

Legal subjectivity:

Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who are unable to work, temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. Social insurance projects include basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal objectivity:

Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law stipulates that the state shall establish 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 case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.