Do you know the multiple functions of social security cards？
As an important development direction of people’s livelihood service in China, the "one-card" social security card service for residents has become a basic indicator to measure people’s livelihood level, and it is an indispensable service for most urban and rural residents. In recent years, many places are exploring the establishment of a "one card" service management model based on social security cards. How much do you know about social security cards? What functions will you use it?
A multi-functional card
At the beginning of 2022, Liu Huiling, a resident of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, who went through the retirement formalities, received the first pension, but unlike during her employment, the money was received from the social security card. "In the past, I used to use my social security card to see a doctor and buy medicine. Now I even withdraw my pension from my social security card. The third-generation social security card in my hand has so many functions that I can also take buses and visit parks in Nanjing and Yangzhou." Liu Huiling said.
The first social security card in China was issued in 1999, and the medical insurance function was the first to be activated. Most residents began to know the social security card from consultation and drug purchase. Today, the list of "one card" applications of social security cards in China has reached 160 items, covering human resources and social security, medical treatment and medicine purchase, government services, subsidies for benefiting people and farmers, transportation, cultural tourism, old-age services, services for the disabled, grants and other application fields. It can be said that the continuous expansion of social security card functions has increased the depth of serving people’s livelihood to a certain extent.
The reporter learned from Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that at present, 95 applications in the field of human society have generally opened cards, and people can enjoy services quickly by swiping physical cards or electronic cards, such as young people registering for insurance and enjoying employment services; Middle-aged people participate in vocational training and handle the transfer of social security relations; The elderly can do treatment qualification certification and social security rights inquiry online and offline.
Zhao Jiaqiang, the country’s chief career instructor who provides employment guidance in the public service hall of Dongcheng District, Beijing, told reporters: "Young people often come to consult employment problems. In fact, many of them can apply directly on the electronic social security card in their mobile phones, such as employment registration, unemployment registration, employment introduction, employment support policy application, employment assistance application, etc."
Social security card not only extends many new functions, but also the most basic medical insurance service is very different from the past. The reporter learned that the physical social security card has fully supported the purchase of medicines for medical treatment in various places, the settlement of work-related injury medical expenses, and the direct settlement of medical treatment in different provinces. By the end of 2021, 138 cities in 16 provinces have realized electronic social security cards for medical treatment and drug purchase. Recently, the "General-to-General" channel between Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Medical Insurance Bureau was officially opened, which supported the parallel use of electronic social security cards and medical insurance electronic certificate in the field of medical treatment and drug purchase.
A card to improve people’s livelihood
It is the direction of people’s livelihood security work to explore the establishment of a "one-card" service for residents with social security cards as the carrier and take the lead in realizing "treatment in the same city" in transportation, tourism and cultural experience. By the end of 2021, the number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.352 billion, with a penetration rate of 95.7%, including 138 million third-generation social security card holders. Many people’s livelihood benefits have been implemented through the carrier of social security card.
In terms of benefiting people and farmers, at present, some cities in 31 provinces distribute subsidies for benefiting people and farmers through social security card bank accounts. Sichuan is the first province in China to fully realize the distribution of "one card" funds. All kinds of financial subsidies for benefiting the people and farmers are uniformly distributed through the bank account of social security card, so as to effectively supervise the whole process of people’s livelihood funds and prevent corruption such as false reporting, interception and misappropriation, and eating and taking cards.
In terms of transportation, some cities in 19 provinces, including Shanxi, Jilin, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong and Hainan, have realized taking urban public transportation with social security cards.
In terms of cultural tourism, some cities in 20 provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hainan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Tianjin and Chongqing have access to libraries, museums, parks and scenic spots with social security cards.
In terms of supporting the elderly, social security cards are widely used in various places to load services for the elderly, such as pension collection, pension insurance qualification certification, and aging-appropriate services. For example, in Xiamen, Fujian, the function of identifying social security cards is added to the pre-screening and triage gates of medical institutions. When the elderly pass through the gates with social security cards, the system will automatically read the social security card identity information and upload it to the Minzhengtong information system. After the system obtains the health code information of the insured, it can automatically complete the inspection work, which solves the problem that the elderly are scrambling to find their mobile phones and read the health codes before going to the hospital.
In addition, social security cards in Ningxia, Qinghai, Shandong, Hainan, Jiangxi and other places have also been loaded with services for the disabled, and some cities in Jiangxi, Shandong, Hainan, Chongqing, Xizang and other places have paid employees’ salaries and handled provident funds through social security card bank accounts.
A smart and convenient card
On April 22, 2018, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the first national unified electronic social security card at the first Digital China Construction Achievement Exhibition in Fuzhou. Since then, social security cards have been continuously opened online and offline, and more service ecosystems are gradually taking shape. At present, the number of recipients of electronic social security cards exceeds 500 million, and the population penetration rate is 35.4%. Electronic social security card services can be obtained through more than 400 channels such as apps and small programs. In 2021, 11.251 billion online services were provided. Song Jingyan, deputy director of the Information Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that electronic social security cards and physical social security cards have one-to-one correspondence, the same status and the same functions. They are two forms of social security cards, which bring cardholders convenient services that can be freely selected online and offline.
How to apply for an electronic social security card? At present, in many places, the application for physical social security cards is "first-class", and the application for electronic social security cards is "synchronous". People who have applied for physical social security cards can apply for electronic social security cards on their mobile phones.
What functions have been added to the electronic social security card? It is understood that the electronic social security card has opened 62 national services, involving employment and entrepreneurship, social insurance, personnel, labor relations, social security card services, etc., and more than 1,000 local services have been opened in various provinces and cities. Among them, "Employment Online", which is frequently used, is a "flagship store" that gathers all kinds of human resources service institutions, realizes the gathering, sharing and publishing of recruitment and job-seeking information, and supports cross-regional and cross-level recruitment and job-seeking services. At present, there are 202 human resources service organizations in China, which have released 16.35 million job information, registered 16.72 million users, and visited 91.96 million times, with 8.11 million effective jobs at present.
All localities have their own brilliant ideas in promoting the intelligent use of electronic social security cards. In Jiangmen, Guangdong, citizens can quickly log in to the social security card self-service machine to handle social services such as annual pension review, social security balance inquiry, social security payment inquiry and voucher printing through the electronic social security card. Xinyu, Jiangxi is connected to the national social security card service platform. Through the QR code of the electronic social security card, people can pay for shopping at Shangchao and realize the mobile payment of the electronic social security card, which provides a brand-new, safe and convenient service mode for residents’ daily consumption.