What is the coordinated area

The coordinating area of the social security card is within a certain range, unified planning for the collection, management and use of the pension insurance fund. According to the National Development Document 199844, in principle, the administrative regions above the prefecture level (including prefecture, city, state and league) are determined as the coordinating unit, and counties (cities) with a certain population can also be the coordinating unit.

All units and employees are required to participate in the basic medical insurance of their co-ordination areas in accordance with the principle of territoriality, and to carry out a unified policy for the collection, management and use of the basic medical insurance fund. According to the relevant legal provisions, follow the law of large numbers of social insurance, the implementation of provincial centralized and unified management of the fund, the province's coordinated scheduling and use, a reasonable balance of the burden of the fund in various regions, improve the efficiency of the use of the fund and the ability to resist risks, to ensure the sustainability of the system.