Can a person only have one social security card?

A person can only have one social security card.

1. The social security card is the only social security voucher for each employee, and everyone's social security account number is also unique. This is to ensure the fairness and justice of the social security system and avoid repeated enjoyment of social security benefits.

2. If a person has multiple social security cards, the information in these social security cards may conflict, leading to confusion and loss of social security benefits. In addition, multiple social security cards may also increase the cost and difficulty of management and bring unnecessary burden to the social security system.

A person can only have one social security card for the following reasons:

1. Prevent repeated participation in insurance: Social security card is an important voucher to record individual social insurance payment. If a person has multiple social security cards, there may be repeated participation in insurance, leading to unreasonable distribution and waste of social insurance resources.

2. Easy to manage: Social security card is an important tool for social security departments to manage personal social insurance information. If a person has multiple social security cards, it will increase the management difficulty of the social security department, which is not conducive to the smooth progress of social security work.

3. Protecting personal rights and interests: Social security card is an important document to protect personal rights and interests. If a person has multiple social security cards, it may lead to the risk of personal information disclosure and damage to rights and interests.

To sum up, a person can only have one social security card, which is to protect individual rights and enjoy social security benefits.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

chapter two

Basic endowment insurance

Article 22

The state establishes and improves the social endowment insurance system for urban residents. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the actual situation, combine the social endowment insurance for urban residents with the new rural social endowment insurance.