Is social security available all over the country?

Social security is universal, but social security cards cannot be universal. Social security card is an integrated circuit card which is uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and issued to the society by local labor and social security departments, and used in various business fields of labor and social security. Personal social security cards issued in proportion to urban workers, unemployed people and retirees are called social security employer cards. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that it will take about five years to make social security cards generally have financial functions. 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.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

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. Individual industrial and commercial households that have not hired cleaning workers to voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who have not participated 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.