Is the citizen card a social security card?

Citizen card is different from social security card.

Citizen card is a multi-functional card, which can be used to prove personal identity, and use electronic payment function to pay the self-funded part in hospitals, pharmacies and other places, and can also be used as an electronic wallet for public transportation such as buses and taxis. Social security card is mainly a voucher for individuals to participate in social insurance. Mainly used to query social insurance related information, such as participation and payment records. After retirement, it can be used to handle retirement procedures and receive pensions.

Functions of social security card:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc.

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information.

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment.

4. You can take the card to the hospital and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine.

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs.

6. Query the accumulated amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance.

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, job hunting, unemployment registration, and even participate in vocational training.

8. It will have multiple functions of a card, such as paying water and electricity bills, swiping a card by bus and electronic wallet.

To sum up, although there are similarities between citizen card and social security card, their functions and scope of use are different.

Legal basis:

Full text of People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

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The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Measures of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Social Security Cards

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The term "social security card" as mentioned in these Measures refers to an integrated circuit card issued to the public and mainly used for government social management and public services in the fields of human resources and social security.

The social security card is the electronic certificate for cardholders to enjoy social security and public employment services. It has the basic functions of information recording, information inquiry and business handling.