Legal basis: Notice of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Municipality on Printing and Distributing the Administrative Measures of the People's Republic of China on Social Security Cards.
Article 5 Provincial human resources and social security departments or municipal human resources and social security departments may issue social security cards with the approval of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. No other institution or organization may issue social security cards.
Article 9 The social security card adopts the unified card face style of the whole country, with the words "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China" printed on the front and the cardholder's name, social security number, cardholder's photo, card issuing unit and other information printed on the back.
Tenth social security card file structure division, control key loading, card printing, personalized information writing and other production work, by the provincial social security card issuance management agencies unified organization; If the provincial level does not have the conditions for centralized production, it can be made by the issuing city or a third-party institution.