What does social security mean?

Social security is social insurance, including pension, medical care, unemployment, maternity and work injury insurance.

The contents of social security are as follows:

1. Old-age insurance: Old-age insurance is a social insurance system that the government and society give certain economic compensation, material help and services to workers after they reach the statutory retirement age;

2. medical insurance: social insurance private hospitals will be included in the scope of medical insurance. Recently, Li Jinghu, deputy secretary-general of China Medical Insurance Research Association and deputy director of the National Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Social Security Research Institute, said that private medical institutions are treated equally and included in the designated scope of basic medical insurance according to certain conditions. The basic medical insurance system for urban employees is a social insurance system based on the affordability of finance, enterprises and individuals to ensure the basic medical needs of employees.

3. Work-related injury insurance: Work-related injury insurance is also called occupational injury insurance. After a worker suffers from accidental injuries due to work or occupational diseases due to exposure to occupational hazards such as dust, radiation and toxic substances, the state and society shall provide necessary material assistance to the disabled and relatives of the deceased;

4. Unemployment insurance: unemployment insurance is a system enforced by the state through legislation and established by the society to provide material assistance to workers who have temporarily suspended their livelihood due to unemployment;

5. Maternity insurance: Maternity insurance refers to maternity insurance according to the physiological characteristics of reproductive behavior. When working women temporarily stop working and lose their normal source of income due to childbirth, the state or society provides them with material help. Maternity insurance benefits include maternity allowance and maternity medical services.