| Social Insurance Business Management Center: Chinese citizens who work abroad but have not lost their nationality of the People's Republic of China can participate in basic pension insurance for employees or basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents in China in accordance with relevant regulations. However, as an international practice, most countries generally require foreign nationals employed in their own country to participate in their own social insurance, pay social insurance premiums, and provide them with national treatment through legislation. Therefore, Chinese citizens working abroad should participate in social insurance in accordance with relevant laws and regulations of the country. At the same time, in order to avoid the double payment problem that workers may face in both the sending and working countries, the world's common practice is to solve it by signing multiple bilateral social security agreements. At present, China has signed bilateral social security agreements with 12 countries, including Germany, South Korea, and Denmark. Among them, bilateral social security agreements signed with 8 countries including Germany, South Korea, Denmark, Finland, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Spain have officially come into effect and implemented. According to the above agreement, individuals who have already participated in social insurance in our country can continue to participate in insurance and pay contributions in our country for a certain period of time, and do not participate in corresponding social insurance in another contracting country. The specific scope of personnel, types of insurance exemptions, and application procedures can be found in the service window section of our department's portal website. |
