Nature of social security

Legal Analysis: Characteristics of Social Security: Social; Mutual Aid; Compulsory; Welfare; Fairness; Developmental and Special.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 12 Employers shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of the total wages of the employees of the organization as stipulated by the State, and credit them to the Basic Pension Insurance Co-ordination Fund.

Employees shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of their own wages prescribed by the State and credited to their individual accounts.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who have not participated in basic pension insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons who participate in basic pension insurance shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the State's regulations, which shall be credited to the Basic Pension Insurance Coordination Fund and to their individual accounts respectively.

Article 60 An employer shall declare and pay social insurance premiums on its own, in full and on time, and shall not suspend or reduce payment except for force majeure or other legal reasons. The social insurance premiums to be paid by employees shall be withheld and paid by the employing organization on behalf of the employees, and the employing organization shall inform the employees of the details of the payment of social insurance premiums on a monthly basis.

Individual entrepreneurs without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons may pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection organization.