When was the third generation social security card issued?

Starting from 20 19. The third generation social security card refers to a brand-new social security card which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments. Compared with the second-generation social security card, the third-generation social security card will be loaded with "contactless" function, expanding more functions and more application scenarios, which will greatly facilitate cardholders to use the card. Social security card is the basic carrier of national livelihood service. China's social security card has been upgraded three times. The first generation social security card is mainly used for medical insurance functions such as medical treatment and drug purchase, and is usually called medical insurance card. The second and third generation social security cards have social security application functions such as identification, medical settlement, payment and treatment collection, as well as financial application functions such as cash deposit and withdrawal, transfer and consumption, and also carry more public services such as government subsidies for benefiting the people and farmers. From 20 19, the third generation social security card began trial operation in various regions. From1October 3 1 day in 2024, Beijing started the third generation social security card renewal pilot.