Is the social security card number 18 or 19 digits?

18. The new social security card number generally adopts the ID number, 18 digits. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). The initial social security inquiry password is generally the last 8 digits of the ID card of the insured user 18 (if the last digit is X, X will be uniformly converted into 0).

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law. According to the types of cardholders, social security cards can be divided into two categories:

1, issued to the employer, called social security card (employer) card. The card planning and standardization of China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security focuses on social security (personal) cards, and the actual distribution in various regions is also concentrated on personal cards, so the social security cards we refer to refer to social security (personal) cards.

2. Social security (individual) cards are issued to urban employees, unemployed people and retirees.

legal ground

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

Article 58 An 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.