Foreigners can pay social security in Beijing.

_ Whether you can retire in Beijing mainly depends on whether you have accumulated payment years in Beijing 10 year.

1. If the payment period has reached 10 years, you can retire in Beijing and enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits in Beijing;

2. If the payment period has not reached 10 years, you can enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits in Beijing with the payment period of 10 years.

PS: Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of Basic Old-age Insurance for Employees in Urban Enterprises

Article 6 When the insured persons with inter-provincial floating employment meet the conditions for receiving benefits, the place for receiving benefits shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) the basic old-age insurance relationship in the domicile, the domicile is responsible for receiving treatment procedures, enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.

(2) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located in the domicile, but the accumulated payment period in the domicile of the basic old-age insurance relationship has reached 10 years, the local treatment collection procedures shall be handled and the local basic old-age insurance benefits shall be enjoyed.

(3) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located at the domicile, and the cumulative payment period in the locality where the basic old-age insurance relationship is located is less than 10 year, the basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred back to the original insured place, and the payment period will be 10 year, thus enjoying the basic old-age insurance benefits.

(4) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located at the domicile, and the accumulated payment period in each insured place is less than 10 year, the basic old-age insurance relationship and corresponding funds shall be collected at the domicile, and the domicile shall go through the formalities for receiving the benefits according to regulations and enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.