Do you need to be there in person to renew your social security?

Legal analysis: No. The only thing you need to do is to pay your contributions. If you are a single contributor, that is to say, you are participating in the urban workers' pension insurance under the flexible employment mode, or you are participating in the urban and rural residents' pension insurance, then you don't need to go in person to pay the contributions. In this case, you don't need to pay in person, because the payment is made through the cooperative bank designated by the Social Security Administration.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 2 The State establishes a system of social insurance covering basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, and maternity insurance, and guarantees the right of citizens to receive material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment, or maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the policy of broad coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance shall be commensurate with the level of economic and social development.