Can Hong Kong residents buy social security in the Mainland?

Hong Kong residents can purchase social insurance in the Mainland.

According to Article 11 of the Regulations on the Administration of Employment of Residents of Taiwan Province Province, Hong Kong and Macao in the Mainland, the employer shall sign labor contracts with personnel from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and pay social insurance premiums in accordance with the Provisional Regulations on the Collection and Payment of Social Insurance Fees.

Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for those who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents are the same. If they get a work permit in the Mainland and can sign a work contract, they are urban workers in China. So there is no problem or discrimination, they will pay insurance like urban workers.

Extended data

The Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that:

Article 58 An 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.

References:

Regulations on the Administration of Employment of Residents of Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macao in the Mainland and People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.