Is five insurances and one gold the same as provident fund?

(1) has different concepts.

1, social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which refers to five types of insurance: endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance.

2. Five insurances and one gold refer to endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and housing accumulation fund.

(2) The scope is different.

Social insurance only includes five types of insurance, such as endowment insurance, but five insurances and one gold also include housing accumulation fund. That is, five insurances and one gold include social security.

Housing accumulation fund is a long-term housing deposit paid by units and their employees, and it is the main form of monetization, socialization and legalization of housing distribution. The housing accumulation fund system is an important social security system for housing stipulated by national laws, which is mandatory, mutually supportive and guaranteed. Units and individual employees must fulfill their obligations to pay housing provident fund according to law.

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

Article 12 The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of employees stipulated by the state and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.

Article 60 The employing unit shall declare on its own and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time. Except for legal reasons such as force majeure, the payment shall not be postponed or reduced. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.