National Pension Service

Sep. 2001 : Agreed on negotiating a Social Security Agreement between Korea and China
Mar. 2002 :Held the first round of Negotiation Meetings for the Agreement in China
Sep. 2002 :Held the second round of Negotiation Meetings for the Agreement in Korea
Nov. 2002 :Held meetings for the Administrative Arrangement and the Implementation of the Provisional Measures Agreement
Feb. 2003 :Exchanged the Notes constituting an Agreement on the Provisional Measures
Feb. 2003 : Provisional Measures Agreement between Korea and China entered into force
Apr. 2003 :signed the Administrative Arrangement for the Provisional Measures Agreement
Apr. 2005 :Held the first round of preliminary talks for the Review of Agreement in China

as regards Korea,
- (1) the National Pension Law and enforcement rules and regulations
as regards China,
- (1) the laws, regulations and rules concerning the Basic Old-Age Pension

This Agreement shall apply to Korean nationals or Chinese nationals who are or who have been subject to the legislation of either Korea or China.
※ For more information, you may refer to the sectionText of Convention

①According to the territorial principle, an employee is subject to the legislation of a contracting country in which he/she is employed
② A self-employed person is subject to the legislation of the contracting country where the person permanently resides, and may not be subject to the legislation of the contracting country where he/she temporarily resides.
③A detached worker is exempt from coverage under the pension system of the contracting country which he/she is sent to for specified period if he/she is covered under the pension scheme of his/her home country.
※ For more information, you may refer to the section Agreementfor Guide for Exemption Application

[Countries that employees and the self-employed pay their contributions to]

Countries that employees and the self-employed pay their contributions to
Type	Work Status	Coverage
Employee	Employed in China
	- you are employed and working in China	China
	- you are employed in Korea and sent to work in China	Korea
	employed in Korea
	- you are employed and working in Korea	Korea
	- you are employed in China and sent to work in Korea	China
Self-employed	self-employed person
	- you permanently reside in Korea but temporarily reside in China	Korea
	- you permanently reside in China but temporarily reside in Korea	China

①Since Agreement on Social Security Between Korea and China is a Contributions-only Agreement, there is no provision of Totalization of Periods of Coverage for the entitlement to benefit
② Therefore, there is no pension benefits under the Agreement, whether the payment is granted depends on the each country's legislation respectively.
③ And, a Korean Lump-sum refund is not paid to the nationals of China.
※ For more information, you may refer to the section Agreement

As regards Korea,
(1) National Pension Service (NPS)
As regards the china,
(1) Social Insurance Administration of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
中華人民共和國勞動和社會保障部社會保險事業管理中心 ⇒ www.mohrss.gov.cn

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