If you don't activate it, it won't work. Social security should be available. If it's no trouble, you can open social security, or choose a better credit card, such as transportation, industrial development and attracting investment.

1. The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card that is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security.

2. Social security card has a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.

3. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law.

4. By the end of 20 16, the number of social security card holders in China reached 972 million. In 20 17, the social security card will basically realize the national one-card system.