The difference between social security and five insurances

Social security includes five insurances, including basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and other social insurance systems. After the establishment of labor relations between the unit and the laborer, it is necessary to pay five insurances for them in time.

legal ground

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

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 when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 2 of the Regulations on the Management of Housing Provident Fund

These Regulations shall apply to the deposit, withdrawal, use, management and supervision of housing provident fund in People's Republic of China (PRC).

The term "housing accumulation fund" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the long-term housing savings paid by state organs, state-owned enterprises, urban collective enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, urban private enterprises and other urban enterprises, institutions, private non-enterprise units and social organizations (hereinafter referred to as units) and their employees.