Can individuals buy their own social security now?

Individuals can also participate in employee social security as flexible employees, which is another kind of social security for urban and rural residents. Employees who participate in social security as flexible employees can generally only pay three kinds of insurance: endowment insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance, and cannot pay separately. They must pay in the place where they are registered, and they can participate in social security through talent service centers or employment introduction service centers. Direct participation in social security for urban and rural residents, including endowment insurance for urban and rural residents and medical insurance for urban and rural residents, can be paid separately. To participate in the old-age insurance for urban and rural residents, as long as they have reached the age of 16 and have not participated in the social security for employees, they can participate in the old-age insurance for urban and rural residents at their domicile.