Illegal. According to the inquiry, China Law Network shows that. The Measures for Administrative Supervision of Social Insurance Funds, which came into effect on March 18, 2022, clearly stipulates that it is illegal to call social security. Article 88 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that those who defraud social insurance benefits by fraud, forgery of certification materials or other means shall be ordered by the social insurance administrative department to return the defrauded social insurance benefits, and a fine of not less than two times but not more than five times the amount defrauded shall be imposed.