What should I do if I can't pay social security?

Legal analysis: If you can't pay at present, you can suspend payment until you have money or re-employment in the future. If you don't plan to pay it in the future, you won't get a refund until you retire. Social security can only reach the statutory retirement age (male 60 years old, female 50 years old), and the payment reaches the prescribed minimum cumulative payment period 15 years, before going through retirement procedures and enjoying the monthly pension treatment. If the accumulated payment period is less than 15, the residents at the domicile can pay the minimum payment period in one lump sum, and the monthly pension will not be affected after the retirement formalities are delayed.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the principles of wide coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be compatible with the level of economic and social development.