What year did the social security law come into effect

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China was put into effect on July 1, 2011.

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated on November 28, 2010, and came into effect on July 1, 2011, marking a major milestone in the construction of China's social security system, which improves and consolidates the social security system for urban and rural residents. It is a law to safeguard and improve people's livelihood, defining five types of social insurance in our country: basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, maternity insurance, industrial injury insurance, and unemployment insurance, and guaranteeing citizens the right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment, or maternity.

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China is an important law that plays the role of a scaffolding in the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and it is a law that endeavors to safeguard and improve people's livelihood. Its promulgation and implementation is another milestone in the construction of China's human resources and social security legal system, and is of great significance to the establishment of a social security system covering both urban and rural residents, better safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens in participating in social insurance and enjoying social insurance benefits, enabling citizens to *** enjoy the fruits of development, and promoting the construction of a harmonious socialist society.

Legal basis:

The Law of the People's Republic of China on Social Insurance Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system for basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and other social insurance, and guarantees the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment and childbirth.

Article 10 Employees shall participate in basic pension insurance, and the employer and the employee*** shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums together.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in basic pension insurance with their employing units, and other flexibly employed persons may participate in basic pension insurance and pay basic pension insurance premiums by themselves.

The methods of pension insurance for civil servants and staff members administered under the civil service law shall be prescribed by the State Council.

Article 12 An employer shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of the total wages of the employees of the employer as prescribed by the State, which shall be credited to the Basic Pension Insurance Coordination Fund.

Employees shall pay the 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 the basic pension insurance in the employing organization, and other flexibly employed persons participating in the basic pension insurance shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations, which shall be credited to the basic pension insurance general fund and the individual account respectively.