What is the social security number and how to check it?

What's the social security number? How to check as follows:

The social security number is the unique identification code of an individual in the field of social security, and the national unified individual social security number is formulated by the state. Social security numbers can be used for insurance, remote transfer and medical services.

There are many ways to query social security numbers, including:

1. Telephone inquiry: Call the local social security agency and make an inquiry according to the voice prompts.

2. Online inquiry: log in to official website, a local social security agency, and enter your personal ID number for inquiry.

3. Window inquiry: bring your personal ID card to the window of the local social security institution for inquiry.

What does the social security number do?

Social security number is the only sign that citizens participate in social insurance, enjoy social insurance benefits and realize the connection of social insurance rights and interests, and it is also an important sign that citizens enjoy social security rights and interests. The social security number is required to be unique in the country, unchanged for life and unified in rules. For China citizens who hold resident identity cards, the social security number adopts the citizenship number. The social security numbers of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan personnel, overseas Chinese and foreigners without resident identity cards shall be compiled in accordance with the unified provisions of the state. After having the social security card number, you can enjoy various social insurance benefits such as medical insurance, endowment insurance, work injury insurance and unemployment insurance through the social security card.

To sum up, the social security number is the only sign that citizens participate in social insurance, enjoy social insurance benefits and realize the connection of social insurance rights and interests, and it is also an important sign that citizens enjoy social security rights and interests.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 58

The 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.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.