What is the social security card for?

The social security card has the following functions:

1, social security card can be used as personal identification document to prove personal identity;

2. Social security cards can be used as bank cards to withdraw funds from financial accounts;

3. Social security cards can pay and receive pensions;

4. Social security cards can handle overseas business;

5. Social security cards can apply for or receive various insurance benefits;

6. Social security cards can handle human resources business;

7. The social security card can check the provident fund and repay the mortgage;

8. Social security cards can be purchased and settled in designated hospitals and institutions.

Social security cards, referred to as "social security cards", are uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the society. Electronic certificate, which handles various social security services, applies for various social insurance benefits and medical insurance settlement, has the basic functions of information recording, business handling, electronic certificate and information inquiry. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle pension insurance affairs, job registration and unemployment registration procedures, apply for unemployment insurance benefits, apply for employment training, apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits, and handle related labor and social security affairs online.

legal ground

Management of social security cards of the People's Republic of China Article 20 Social security cards adopt key security technology and implement a unified national key management system. Article 21 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is responsible for generating and managing the control keys of national read-through documents and other keys that need to be used nationwide, and distributing them to human resources and social security departments at provincial and municipal levels step by step according to unified rules to form sub-keys.

Provincial and municipal human resources and social security departments are responsible for generating and managing local special keys and keys for reading and writing self-expanding files locally; Responsible for managing the subkeys assigned to them by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Twenty-sixth human resources and social security departments at all levels shall establish an emergency plan for the safety management of social security cards, and properly handle the security problems arising from the issuance, use and key management of social security cards. In case of any safety accident such as the loss of key carrier, it must immediately report to the superior human resources and social security department and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, find out the reasons, and handle it in accordance with the relevant state regulations on security and confidentiality.