How to transfer social security from electronic social security card

Individuals can log in to the National Social Insurance Service Platform and the Human Resources and Social Security Government Service Platform from the computer; they can also apply from the 418 service channels that have opened electronic social security cards on the mobile phone, such as National government service platform, State Council client WeChat applet, Pocket 12333, major banks such as Industry, Agriculture, China, Construction, Communications, Postal Savings, China Merchants, and Ping An, and APPs or applets such as Alipay, WeChat, and QuickPass, etc. As well as APPs or mini-programs from local human resources and social security departments, cooperative banks, and government affairs platforms.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security established an inter-regional collaborative social security relationship transfer system in 2010; at the end of 2019, it further opened a unified national service portal for social security relationship transfer through the National Social Security Public Service Platform. Currently, What is supported is the transfer business of basic pension insurance for enterprise employees.

Individuals who have not yet applied for an electronic social security card can search for an electronic social security card through the above channels and apply for it first.

The policy stipulates the rules for determining the place of benefit. A simple summary is that when retiring, first check whether the place where the basic pension insurance relationship is located is the place of residence; if not, then check whether there is a basic pension insurance relationship and the cumulative payment period has reached 10 years. There are multiple insured places for 10 years, and it depends on which basic pension insurance relationship has been paid for for 10 years last. If none of the above conditions are met, the place of household registration will take care of it.

Legal Basis

"Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of Basic Pension Insurance Relationships for Urban Enterprise Employees"

Article 2: These Measures apply to participants in the basic pension insurance for urban enterprise employees all people, including migrant workers. Those who have received basic pension insurance benefits in accordance with national regulations will no longer have their basic pension insurance relationship transferred.

Article 3 If an insured person moves across provinces for employment, the social insurance agency in the place where the insured is originally insured (hereinafter referred to as the social security agency) will issue an insurance payment voucher, and his basic pension insurance relationship shall be accompanied by Transfer to new insured place. If the insured person meets the conditions for receiving basic pension insurance benefits, his insurance payment years in various places will be combined and the personal account deposit amount (including principal and interest, the same below) will be calculated cumulatively; the basic pension insurance relationship shall not be terminated before reaching the age for receiving benefits. And go through the surrender procedures; if you go to settle abroad or settle in Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan, the relevant national regulations will be followed.