At what age should social security be paid?

Legal analysis: the payment age of old-age insurance in social insurance starts from 16 years old and ends at the legal retirement age (generally 60 years old for men, 55 years old for women cadres, 50 years old for women employees and 60 years old for women residents).

Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for those who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. 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. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Staff of government agencies and institutions, employees of enterprises and institutions should pay social insurance until retirement age, when the minimum payment is 15 years, they can retire and receive pensions.

The minimum accumulated payment of the flexible employment pension insurance participants is 15 years, and they will retire at the retirement age.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Tenth employees should participate in the basic old-age insurance, and employers and employees should pay the basic old-age insurance premium. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium. The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

Sixteenth individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid for fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age. Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance can pay less than 15 years when they reach the statutory retirement age. You can receive the basic pension on a monthly basis and transfer it to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, and enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits according to the regulations of the State Council.

Twenty-third employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.