The personal provident fund number can be queried through the following methods: 1. Inquiry at the government affairs hall. You can bring your ID card to the counter of the local government affairs hall to inquire about the provident fund information.

2. Inquiry to the unit Current employees can directly inquire the provident fund personal account number of the unit that pays the provident fund.

3. For telephone inquiries, you can call the Housing Provident Fund Management Center to connect to manual service. You can check the account number according to the ID number.

4. For website inquiries, you can enter the official website of the local housing provident fund management center for inquiries.

The personal provident fund refers to the housing provident fund paid by individual employees and the housing provident fund paid by the unit for them. It is stored in a special account and belongs to the individual employee.

The housing provident fund refers to the long-term housing savings deposited by state agencies, state-owned enterprises, urban collective enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, urban private enterprises and other urban enterprises, institutions, private non-enterprise units, social groups and their employees.

The specific uses of personal provident funds are as follows: 1. Buying a house: The most important use of provident funds is to buy a house.

When purchasing a property, the original provident fund can be withdrawn in accordance with relevant regulations, and the provident fund can be subsequently deposited to repay the mortgage.

For specific amounts and interest rates, you can refer to local loan policies, or consult local provident fund management departments and unit personnel departments.

2. Rent: For many people, especially in hot cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the pressure brought by rent is not small.

Renters can apply to withdraw provident funds to pay rent and reduce their life pressure.

The provident fund can not only pay the rent of public rental housing, but also the rent of market rental.

3. Decoration: The provident fund can also be used during decoration. If the self-owned house is built, renovated or overhauled on rural collective land and a housing loan is used, the employee and his or her spouse can apply to withdraw a part of the provident fund, and the total withdrawal shall not exceed the cost of building the house.

4. Used to pay medical expenses: If you or a family member suffers from a major illness or requires major surgery, you and your spouse can apply to withdraw your own provident fund to pay for medical expenses. The application time can be within one year from the date of hospitalization.

To sum up: the personal provident fund system is actually a housing security system for the people by the state and a form of monetization of housing distribution.

The housing provident fund system is an important housing social security system stipulated by national law and is mandatory, mutually supportive, and protective.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the "Housing Provident Fund Management Regulations" states that the housing provident fund paid by individual employees and the housing provident fund paid by the employee's employer for the employee shall belong to the individual employee.