"Is the social security card universal or is there a geographical restriction?"

At present, social security cards (referred to as social security cards) can not be used nationwide, because the current social security policy is provincial and municipal overall planning, and there is no national overall planning.

The full name of the social security card is "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China" or "Social Security Card" for short. It is an integrated circuit card (IC card) which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the society. It is mainly used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

Social security card is used by residents to handle human resources and social security services such as paying social insurance, seeking medical treatment in hospitals, purchasing medicines in pharmacies, and inquiring about information, personal settlement services such as bank deposit and withdrawal and transfer, and financial services such as credit card consumption and online banking registration.