On October 23, a netizen posted a "roster of people over 22 who have not enrolled in resident insurance," captioning it that those who haven't paid social insurance have already been found. Netizens in the comments said collection calls would be made to everyone in the family, and that even the unemployed with no money were being pressed to pay.
On October 13, a netizen from Zhejiang said on Xiaohongshu that she has no job and cannot afford the monthly flexible-employment medical insurance of about 500 yuan. Having stopped paying for over a year, she received an SMS urging her to complete basic medical insurance enrollment procedures, which she linked to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security’s “data finds people” enrollment campaign.
An article on October 12 cited a nationwide survey reported by The Paper (Pengpai News) claiming that 94% of people who have suspended their social insurance contributions are flexible workers, a group that accounts for nearly all of those who have lapsed coverage.
According to survey data from human resources and social security departments cited by media reports, in 2025 the number of people nationwide discontinuing their employee pension insurance contributions exceeded 42 million, accounting for about 18% of the total number of insured persons, with the discontinuation rate among young people aged 20 to 35 exceeding 30%.
The figure of “58 million people halting their social insurance payments” is circulating online. It was calculated by some self-media outlets based on public data, reflecting the phenomenon of young people suspending social insurance contributions due to unstable incomes.
On June 19, 2025, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Hubei Province launched the "Sheyin Loan" service, claiming that through "precise drip irrigation" it will ease the public's shortage of funds for contributions and prevent interruptions in social insurance payments.