Legal basis: Regulations on the Management of Housing Provident Fund
Article 24 Under any of the following circumstances, employees may withdraw the storage balance in the housing provident fund account: (1) purchasing, building, decorating or overhauling their own houses; 2 retirement; (three) completely lose the ability to work and terminate the labor relationship with the unit; (4) Having left the country to settle down; (5) Repaying the principal and interest of the house purchase loan; (6) the rent exceeds the prescribed proportion of family wage income. In accordance with the provisions of items (2), (3) and (4) of the preceding paragraph, the employee housing provident fund account shall be cancelled at the same time. If an employee dies or is declared dead, the employee's heirs and legatee can withdraw the storage balance in the employee's housing provident fund account. If there is no legatee, the storage balance in the employee housing provident fund account will be included in the value-added income of the housing provident fund.
Twenty-fifth workers from the housing provident fund account balance, the unit shall verify, and issue a certificate of extraction. Workers apply to the housing provident fund management center for withdrawal of housing provident fund with the withdrawal certificate. The housing provident fund management center shall, within 3 days from the date of accepting the application, make a decision on whether to approve or not to withdraw, and notify the applicant to withdraw, and the entrusted bank shall go through the payment procedures.