How to activate social security card online

1. Enter the Alipay interface and click the "More" option in the "Home Page".

2. In more interfaces, click the "City Service" option.

3. In the "City Service" interface, click the "Social Security" option.

4. In the "Social Security" interface, click to open the "Smart Society" option.

5. After entering the interface of Smart People Society, click the "Social Security Card" option.

6. In the social security card interface, click the "social security card activation" option.

7. Finally, enter the name, ID number and other information according to the prompt. Finally, click Submit to prompt that the social security card has been activated, and then click "Confirm" to complete the activation.

Social security is social insurance, including industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, old-age insurance and medical insurance. It is compulsory insurance that enterprises must pay to employees according to the labor law. This is a livelihood insurance, not for profit. Social insurance can provide the most basic insurance protection for employees.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 2 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 in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the principles of wide coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be compatible with the level of economic and social development.

Article 4 Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) shall pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.