Can I pay my salary on the official number without buying social security?

You can't. The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, handle social security registration for its workers and pay social security fees. This is a compulsory obligation stipulated by Chinese laws, which must be fulfilled by employers, and workers and social security institutions can supervise their payment of social insurance.

As an important social security measure of the country, social insurance can guarantee citizens to get material help from the state and society in case of old age, illness, work injury, unemployment and maternity, so everyone has to pay. Part-time employees and other flexible employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals can pay the basic old-age insurance premium. The specific payment method can be inquired by the local social security bureau. The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, go to the social insurance agency to handle the social insurance registration for its employees. Due to system reasons, the employing unit will delay the payment of social insurance for its employees, so it can wait for some time to inquire again. If the employer fails to pay social security for the employee, the employee may complain to the labor security department.

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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.

Article 60 The employing unit shall declare on its own and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time. Except for legal reasons such as force majeure, the payment shall not be postponed or reduced. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.