Is social security accumulated or paid continuously?

Social security is cumulative, as follows:

1. For example, the insured of the old-age insurance can only enjoy the old-age treatment if they have paid for it for fifteen years and reached retirement age. If the insured person of medical insurance reaches the legal retirement age and the accumulated payment reaches the fixed number of years stipulated by the state, he will no longer pay the basic medical insurance premium after retirement and can directly enjoy the medical insurance benefits according to the regulations;

2. For the intermittent payment of old-age insurance premiums, when the retirement conditions stipulated by the state are met and the basic old-age insurance benefits are calculated, the personal account pension and transitional pension will be directly affected.

The new social security and medical insurance are one card. Social security includes basic old-age insurance and medical insurance. So the social security card also has the settlement function of the medical insurance card. The social security card can be used as a electronic certificate for cardholders to enjoy social security rights and public employment services.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.

Article 59

The people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the collection of social insurance premiums.

Social insurance premiums shall be uniformly collected, and the implementation steps and specific measures shall be stipulated by the State Council.