Do we usually mean prefecture-level cities or county-level cities?

Generally, the local social security payment place refers to the city or above. According to the provisions of the Social Insurance Law, the employer shall apply to the local social insurance agency for social business with the business license and other registration materials within 30 days from the date of establishment, and the social insurance agency shall review it within 15 days from the date of receiving the application. Here, let's discuss it in detail. From the beginning, the registration, examination, handling, transfer and cancellation of social insurance must be handled by the local social security bureau. The specific social security bureau may be county-level social security bureau, municipal social security bureau and provincial social security bureau, depending on the nature of your unit. For example, provincial units generally handle business in the provincial social security bureau. However, the social security payment place mentioned in the official documents we generally see does not include county-level areas, but refers to areas above the municipal level. Because our social insurance is co-ordinated at the municipal or provincial level, of course, the endowment insurance will also be co-ordinated nationwide in the future. So generally speaking, our so-called social security payment place refers to areas above the municipal level, excluding county-level areas.