College students don't have to pay social security. 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.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

What are the activation methods of social security cards?

1. The bank to which the social security card belongs activates the insured person to carry his/her valid ID and social security card, and go to the bank to which the local social security card belongs to activate the social security card.

2. When the designated hospital activates the insured person to carry the social security card to the designated medical insurance hospital for medical treatment, the social security card can be used to pay reimbursement and activate the social security card;

3. The Social Security Bureau window activates and carries my valid ID card and social security card, and goes to the local social security bureau for activation business;