Eating, spending, seeing a doctor, getting medicine, borrowing books, paying utility bills... In Beiting Community, Luohuang Town, Jiangjin District, Chongqing, a social security card can meet most of the daily needs of residents. In the government service hall of Guangzhou, citizens do not need to switch documents back and forth; holding a social security card, they can complete all operations from swiping the card at the entrance, taking a number to queue, to comprehensive acceptance, and picking up documents, achieving efficient business handling.

On the date, in Beiting Community, Luohuang Town, Jiangjin District, Chongqing, community resident Guo Minghui (first from left) reads books borrowed with a social security card to a child.

With the continuous innovation and expansion of social security card applications across various regions, such "one-card-fits-all" scenarios are becoming increasingly common. As of the end of the month, the number of social security cardholders nationwide reached . billion, covering .% of the population, with over . billion people also using electronic social security cards on their mobile phones. This "small card" loaded with more convenient services will better serve "major livelihoods."

The relevant official from the Information Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced that the application scenarios of the social security card have extended from basic functions such as medical treatment, purchasing medicine, and receiving pensions to all aspects of people's livelihood services. As the online form and electronic certificate of the social security card, the electronic social security card corresponds to the physical card one-to-one and shares the same functions, serving as an electronic credential and settlement tool for cardholders to enjoy services. The total number of electronic social security card services has reached a hundred million times annually.

"Currently, the human resources and social security sector has achieved 'full business use of cards'. The public can enjoy services such as identity verification, social security payment, work injury settlement, and employment and social security subsidies by holding a social security card or scanning a QR code. The electronic social security card provides login and identity authentication services for national and provincial government service platforms," the above-mentioned official said.

On a certain date, at the Convenience Service Center in Wangjiangjing Town, Xiuzhou District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, staff members guided residents to self-service cross-province query their social security payment records during their work period in Suzhou.

From a cross-sectoral perspective, various regions are taking the opportunity of efficiently completing "one thing" to accelerate the implementation of the "one thing" for social security card resident services, promoting the application of social security cards in local and cross-provincial medical treatment, drug purchases, and other fields. This includes distributing subsidies and benefits to farmers through social security cards, enabling cardholders to use their social security cards for public transportation, park entry, scenic spot ticket purchases, library borrowing, and museum and exhibition hall visits.

According to the reporter, there are over a number of service channels for the electronic social security card. In addition to the electronic social security card and WeChat, Alipay mini-programs, it also includes the National Government Service Platform, the State Council Client mini-program, Zhan Shang, UnionPay Cloud QuickPass, and various social security card service banks.

In terms of cross-regional application of social security cards, many regions are also accelerating their efforts. In the Yangtze River Delta, three provinces and one municipality have already supported over 100 resident services with a single card, more than 1,000 cultural and tourism venues support one-card access, and 10,000 hospitals and over 100,000 pharmacies support one-card settlement. As of the end of the month, Sichuan and Chongqing have jointly established over 10,000 social security card service outlets, providing a cumulative total of 10 million cross-regional services.

Since the beginning of this year, multiple provinces including Chongqing, Sichuan, and Guangdong have introduced regulations on the integrated service of social security cards for residents. The Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of the three regions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) area have successively passed regulations to promote the integrated service of social security cards across the region, jointly advancing the "multi-card integration" and "one code for all" initiatives. Multiple regions are accelerating legislation to provide a legal safeguard for the high-quality advancement of the integrated service of social security cards for residents.

On the date, at the comprehensive social security service hall in Harbin New District, an employee (left) is handling business.

Next, we will incorporate more livelihood services into the electronic social security card, promoting more matters to be "packaged" and "associated" for processing. We will implement the "one thing" approach for social security card resident services, deeply promoting the application of electronic social security cards in areas such as employment and human resources services, social security services, medical treatment and drug purchases, transportation, and cultural experiences. Using the electronic social security card as an online service carrier, we will provide the public with "one-stop" services. This was stated by the above-mentioned official from the Information Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued a notice at the beginning of the year, titled "Notice on Accelerating the Construction of the Social Security Card Resident Service 'One Card' System," which requires that by the year, the provincial 'One Card' system will generally be realized, and the trend of regional 'One Card' will be formed; by the year, the goal of a nationwide 'One Card' system will be basically achieved.