Do I need to activate my social security card?

The social security card needs to be activated after receiving it. The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China refers to an integrated circuit (ic) card which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the public by local human resources and social security departments and used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.