Social security generally refers to social insurance. Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people 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.

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

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.

Seventy-fourth social insurance agencies through business handling, statistics, investigation and other means to obtain the data needed for social insurance work, the relevant units and individuals should provide timely and truthful.

The social insurance agency shall establish a file for the employer in a timely manner, completely and accurately record the social insurance data such as personnel's participation in social insurance and payment, and properly keep the original vouchers for registration and declaration and accounting vouchers for payment and settlement.

The social insurance agency shall timely, completely and accurately record the individual's personal rights and interests such as social insurance payment, employer's payment and social insurance benefits, and regularly send the personal rights and interests records to me free of charge.

Employers and individuals can inquire and check the records of payment and social insurance benefits from social insurance agencies free of charge, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.