How many years do you have to pay social security by yourself

Legal analysis: individuals pay social insurance to pay 15 years to enjoy social security benefits. Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation to a population that is incapacitated, temporarily out of work, or has suffered a loss due to health reasons. The social insurance scheme is organized by the government, which forces a certain group of people to pay a part of their income as social insurance tax to form a social insurance fund, from which the insured can receive a fixed amount of income or compensation for their losses if certain conditions are fulfilled; it is a redistributive system with the goal of ensuring the reproduction of material and labor force and the stability of the society. The main items of social insurance include pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

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

Article 23 Employees shall participate in basic medical insurance for employees, and the employing organization and the employees shall pay the basic medical insurance premiums together in accordance with State regulations***. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in the basic medical insurance for employees in their employing units, and other flexibly employed persons may participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals shall pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations.

Article 33 Employees shall participate in work-related injury insurance, and the employer shall pay work-related injury insurance premiums, while employees shall not pay work-related injury insurance premiums.

Article 44 Employees shall participate in unemployment insurance, and the employer and the employees shall pay unemployment insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations***.

Article 53 Employees shall participate in maternity insurance, and the employer shall pay maternity insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations, and employees shall not pay maternity insurance premiums.