China Has Launched 104 Nationwide, Cross-Regional Social Insurance Services

Qinhuangdao has changed pension transfers from requiring funds to arrive before continuity is established to recognizing contribution records and insurance relationships first, with funds settled periodically, reducing processing time to within five working days.

Not long ago, Qinhuangdao in Hebei completed connections with the social insurance systems of every province nationwide. Previously, when insured people applied to transfer their pension insurance, they had to wait for the locality where they were formerly insured to remit the money in their individual accounts separately, transaction by transaction. Their pension insurance coverage could not be carried over until the funds arrived, and the entire process took at least two weeks. Now, after an insured person submits an application, pension contribution records and pension insurance coverage are carried over and recognized first, while social insurance authorities periodically settle the funds collectively in the background. The procedure can be completed within five working days, or as quickly as the same day.

The national social insurance platform has launched 104 nationwide, cross-regional services, cumulatively handling 11.353 billion service uses.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Reporters learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that, to date, the national public social insurance service platform has launched 104 nationwide, cross-regional services and handled a cumulative 11.353 billion service uses.

Qingdao has connected companies' human resources systems with social insurance systems, allowing companies to handle services on employees' behalf alongside related medical insurance and housing provident fund matters.

Recently, Qingdao's human resources and social security authorities launched new services, including preliminary reviews for employee retirement and online retirement applications. The locality has connected enterprises' human resources systems with social insurance administration systems, enabling company staff handling these matters to complete the procedures within their company's own system. Related medical insurance and housing provident fund matters are processed jointly at the same time. Employees no longer need to make repeated trips themselves to submit documents; their employers handle the entire process on their behalf.

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region added nine social insurance services available across provincial boundaries this year, bringing the total to 42.

This year, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region added nine such social insurance services that can be processed across provincial boundaries, bringing the total to 42. They cover frequently used services such as enrollment for people in flexible employment and verification of eligibility for pension benefits. To date, the national public social insurance service platform has launched 104 nationwide, cross-regional services, including social insurance entitlement record inquiries, pension insurance transfers, applications for exemption from overseas social insurance contributions, and unemployment benefit applications. More than 80% of social insurance transactions nationwide are handled online.

Qingdao has launched services including online preliminary reviews of employee retirement eligibility and retirement applications.

Recently, Qingdao's human resources and social security authorities launched new services, including preliminary reviews for employee retirement and online retirement applications. The locality has connected enterprises' human resources systems with social insurance administration systems, enabling company staff handling these matters to complete the procedures within their company's own system. Related medical insurance and housing provident fund matters are processed jointly at the same time. Employees no longer need to make repeated trips themselves to submit documents; their employers handle the entire process on their behalf.

Qinhuangdao has completed connections with the social insurance systems of all provinces nationwide.

Not long ago, Qinhuangdao in Hebei completed connections with the social insurance systems of every province nationwide. Previously, when insured people applied to transfer their pension insurance, they had to wait for the locality where they were formerly insured to remit the money in their individual accounts separately, transaction by transaction. Their pension insurance coverage could not be carried over until the funds arrived, and the entire process took at least two weeks. Now, after an insured person submits an application, pension contribution records and pension insurance coverage are carried over and recognized first, while social insurance authorities periodically settle the funds collectively in the background. The procedure can be completed within five working days, or as quickly as the same day.

More than 80% of social insurance transactions nationwide are handled online.

This year, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region added nine such social insurance services that can be processed across provincial boundaries, bringing the total to 42. They cover frequently used services such as enrollment for people in flexible employment and verification of eligibility for pension benefits. To date, the national public social insurance service platform has launched 104 nationwide, cross-regional services, including social insurance entitlement record inquiries, pension insurance transfers, applications for exemption from overseas social insurance contributions, and unemployment benefit applications. More than 80% of social insurance transactions nationwide are handled online.