Social security counts as years of service

Legal analysis: social security counts as years of service, social security "years of service" in fact refers to the number of years of enterprise employees' pension insurance contributions.

Legal basis: "Chinese People's *** and State Social Insurance Law"

Article 10 Employees shall participate in the basic pension insurance, by the employer and the employee *** with the payment of basic pension insurance premiums. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who have not participated in basic old-age insurance with their employing units, and other flexibly employed persons may participate in basic old-age insurance and pay basic old-age 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 fund. Employees shall pay the basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the proportion of their own wages as prescribed by the State and credited to their individual accounts. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in basic pension insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons who participate in basic pension insurance shall pay basic pension insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations, which shall be credited to the basic pension insurance general fund and individual accounts respectively.

Article 58 An employer shall, within thirty days from the date of employment, apply to a social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the employer fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance agency shall approve the social insurance premiums to be paid by the employer. Individual entrepreneurs without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance administration organization. The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. Individual social security numbers are citizens' identity numbers.