Can foreigners pay social security in Shanghai by themselves?

1. Social security for migrants in Shanghai: 1. If the registered permanent residence has moved to Shanghai, they can pay the endowment insurance and medical insurance in social security by themselves; Individuals with other three insurances (maternity insurance, industrial injury insurance and unemployment insurance) cannot be insured; 2. If the party's account has not moved to Shanghai, the individual cannot participate in the insurance; 3. For details, please consult the social security office of your place of residence, subject to the other party's reply. Second, social insurance: 1 refers to a non-profit social security system with income redistribution function, which is to prevent and share social risks such as old age, unemployment, illness and death, realize social security, and force most members of society to participate; 2. Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons; 3. The social insurance plan is organized by the government, forcing a certain group to use part of its income as social insurance tax (fee) to form a social insurance fund. Under certain conditions, the insured can get fixed income or loss compensation from the fund. It is a redistribution system, and its goal is to ensure the reproduction of material and labor and social stability; 4. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal objectivity:

Article 58 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The employer shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration. Article 60 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The employer shall declare and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, and shall not postpone or reduce the payment except for legal reasons such as force majeure. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.