Nanjing company employees social security process

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 58

An employer shall apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance agency for its employees within thirty days from the date of employment. If it fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance administration organization shall approve the social insurance premiums it shall pay. Individual entrepreneurs without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance administration organization. The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. Individual social security numbers are citizens' identity numbers.