Is the administrative department of social insurance the Social Security Bureau?

The administrative department of social insurance is not the social security bureau, and the two are not the same concept.

The administrative department of social insurance is a state administrative organ established in accordance with relevant social insurance laws and regulations, and is responsible for the management of social insurance. In China, the administrative department of social insurance in the State Council is Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, whose main function is to formulate relevant social insurance laws and policies and establish and manage a social insurance system covering urban and rural areas. The social insurance administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the social insurance management in this administrative region. The administrative department of social insurance refers to the administrative department of human resources and social security responsible for social insurance.

Social Security Bureau, full name of Social Insurance Fund Administration, is called Social Insurance Fund Management Center in some urban areas. In addition, many areas have merged the Personnel Bureau with the Social Security Center, collectively known as the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, which is divided into two levels: city and district, mainly dealing with five insurances and one fund (namely, endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance, unemployment insurance, housing provident fund), etc., and is a social insurance agency.

1. Is the Social Security Bureau a government agency?

The original Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance stipulated that the administrative department of labor and social security was responsible for work-related injury insurance, but the revised Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance said that the administrative department of social insurance was responsible for work-related injury insurance, which is actually the same thing. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security merged, renamed Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and later renamed Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, which is the administrative department in charge of social insurance.

Therefore, human resources and social security departments are equal to social insurance administrative departments, and there are specific institutions to carry out work-related injury insurance business, such as social insurance centers (bureaus) and medical insurance management centers (bureaus), which are called social insurance agencies. Under the leadership, guidance and supervision of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, social insurance such as industrial injury insurance will be carried out.

2. Which department is in charge of the Social Security Bureau?

Belongs to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. At the local level, the local labor and social security departments (bureaus) are specifically responsible. Local social insurance agencies are mainly local social insurance administrations (or social insurance fund management centers). , the specific name is different).

Responsibilities include establishing a social security system covering urban and rural areas and implementing urban and rural social insurance and its supplementary insurance policies and standards; Implement measures to continue the social insurance relationship; Implement the management and supervision system of social insurance and its supplementary insurance funds, and undertake the administrative supervision responsibility of social insurance and its supplementary insurance funds.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the principles of wide coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be compatible with the level of economic and social development.

Article 4 Employers and individuals who pay social insurance premiums according to law in People's Republic of China (PRC) have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.