Can social security in Shanghai be transferred to Beijing?

Shanghai is calculated according to the local actual payment period.

Social security transfer is only the transfer of personal account and payment period, and the part paid by the unit will be integrated into various insurances and will not be transferred with the individual.

The requirement of local social security payment period in Shanghai or Beijing can only be the actual insurance payment period in the local area, excluding the individual payment period transferred in the past.

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