Can I pay social security in Shanghai if I work in a foreign country?

Foreigners can successfully participate in the five insurances when they join a company in Shanghai.

We know how to join the insurance. Can a foreigner without a fixed employer pay social security in Shanghai?

If you are a local registered population in Shanghai, you can go directly to the Social Security Bureau to participate in residents' pension insurance and medical insurance; If you have applied for a residence permit in Shanghai, you can enjoy the same rights and interests as local residents.

If you have a business license of individual industrial and commercial households in Shanghai, or you are a flexible employee, according to relevant regulations, individual industrial and commercial households without employees can apply for endowment insurance for urban employees. The procedures and required information for the insurance are the same as those for the unit. The difference is that the owners of individual industrial and commercial households without employees only need to pay basic old-age insurance and medical insurance, and the payment standard is the same as that of flexible employees. Individual industrial and commercial households with employees must pay five insurances.