What about social security after death?

Legal analysis: social security can be taken out after death. If you are an enterprise retiree, you should issue a death certificate to the police station where your household registration is located, apply to the social security service center with your household registration book and valid proof of your family relationship with the deceased, refund all the fund balance of the deceased's personal account, and pay a bereavement allowance of 10 month of local social security salary.

Legal basis: Article 17 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if an individual who participates in the basic old-age insurance dies due to illness or non-work, his survivors can receive funeral subsidies and pensions; Persons who have completely lost their ability to work due to illness or non-work-related disability before reaching the statutory retirement age can receive disability allowance. The required funds are paid from the basic old-age insurance fund.