What does social security mainly include?

Legal analysis: Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for those who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Individuals can only pay medical and endowment insurance, and other insurances can only be paid by enterprises and employees respectively. Endowment insurance can only be enjoyed for life if it has been paid for 15 years.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 10 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 may participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Twenty-third individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees of the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.