Can private people buy social security?

Private people can buy social security.

Individuals can participate in social security for employees as flexible employees or for urban and rural residents. Employees who participate in social security as flexible employees can generally only pay endowment insurance and medical insurance, and must pay at the place where they are registered. They can participate in social security through the talent service center or the employment service center.

The social security payment period is stipulated as follows:

1, the cumulative payment period of medical insurance (including the deemed payment period and actual payment period in this city) shall be 30 years for men and 25 years for women;

2. The social insurance plan is organized by the government, forcing a certain group to use part of its income as social insurance tax to form a social insurance fund, from which the insured can obtain fixed income and loss compensation;

3. Pay the basic old-age insurance premium 15 years and the basic medical insurance premium for 20 years in the same city. When retiring, it will be calculated according to the standard of the city where the payment is made;

4 to participate in the basic old-age insurance, individuals who have reached the statutory retirement age and accumulated contributions for fifteen years, receive the basic pension on a monthly basis.

To sum up, if an individual has not signed a labor contract with the employer, he may consider consulting the local social security department for relevant social security policies to find out whether there are other social security systems or welfare benefits applicable to the individual.

Legal basis:

Article 12 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund. Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.