Does comprehensive insurance for foreigners in Shanghai count as social security?

Comprehensive insurance for foreigners in Shanghai is not social security.

Social security includes endowment insurance, medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. Only the individual contribution part of the endowment insurance can be transferred, and the overall part is not transferred. Comprehensive insurance is to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign employees, standardize the employment behavior of units and maintain the order of the labor market. Comprehensive insurance includes industrial injury or accidental injury, hospitalization and old-age allowance. 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.

In China, social insurance is an important part of the social security system, occupying a core position in the whole social security system. In addition, social insurance is a contributory social security. The funds are mainly paid by employers and workers themselves, and the government finances give subsidies and bear the ultimate responsibility. However, workers can only enjoy the corresponding social insurance benefits if they fulfill their statutory payment obligations and meet the statutory conditions.

Social insurance is the most important part of the social security system. When discussing the history of social insurance, we can't separate social insurance from social security. Social insurance refers to the system that the state establishes a social insurance fund through legislation to give necessary material help to workers who participate in labor relations when they lose their ability to work or are unemployed. Social insurance is not for profit. Social insurance is mainly through raising social insurance funds, coordinating and adjusting social insurance funds within a certain range, and giving necessary help to workers when they encounter labor risks. Social insurance provides basic living security for workers. Workers can enjoy social insurance benefits as long as they meet the conditions for enjoying social insurance, that is, they have established labor relations with employers or paid various social insurance premiums according to regulations. Social insurance is the core content of social security system.

Article 15 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Basic Pension consists of overall pension and individual account pension. The basic pension is determined according to factors such as individual cumulative payment years, payment wages, average salary of local employees, personal account amount, average life expectancy of urban population, etc.