How to use Shanghai social security card

Social card, referred to as "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China", is an integrated circuit card (ic card) which is uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and issued to the society by local labor and social security departments. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law.

The main functions of Shanghai 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, residence 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.

Note: the social security card is very powerful. If it is lost, the insured shall reissue it in time.

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