What if I pay my social security card without a physical card?

Legal analysis: Go to the Social Security Bureau. If you have an electronic social security card and no physical card, you can also use the basic functions of the social security card and enjoy basic protection. If users want to use the physical social security card, they can go to the local social security bureau to handle it. The electronic social security card and the physical social security card have the same function, but the difference lies in the presence or absence of physical media.

Legal basis: Administrative Measures of the People's Republic of China on Social Security Cards.

Article 2 The term "social security card" as mentioned in these Measures refers to an integrated circuit card issued to the public and mainly used for government social management and public services in the fields of human resources and social security.

The social security card is the electronic certificate for cardholders to enjoy social security and public employment services. It has the basic functions of information recording, information inquiry and business handling.

Article 3 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is responsible for managing the issuance and application of national social security cards. Provincial and municipal human resources and social security departments are responsible for the issuance and application management of social security cards in the region, and their subordinate information comprehensive management institutions specifically undertake the related affairs of social security card issuance and technical management.

Article 5 Provincial human resources and social security departments or municipal human resources and social security departments may issue social security cards with the approval of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. No other institution or organization may issue social security cards.