Does the internship pay social security?

Legal analysis: no, students who use their spare time to work and study are not regarded as employment, and they have not established labor relations with employers, and employers do not need to pay social security for interns. What employers need to pay is the social security of the workers who have concluded labor contracts with them according to law. Students cannot pay social insurance during their internship. Interns and employers are not labor relations, so they can't pay social security. Paying social security requires establishing labor relations. Students who practice in their spare time are not regarded as employment and are not subject to the adjustment and protection of the labor law.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law. The employing unit shall handle social insurance registration for employees within 30 days from the date of employment. 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. The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.