Is the social security card used uniformly throughout the country?

Social security cards are used uniformly throughout the country. Social security card is an integrated circuit card which is uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and issued to the society by local labor and social security departments, and used in various business fields of labor and social security. Personal social security cards for urban employees, unemployed people and retirees, and social security employer cards for employers. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that it will take about five years to make social security cards generally have financial functions. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.

What are the functions of the social security card?

1, social security card records personal social security related information, electronic certificate and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3. You can check my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment.