Legal basis: Regulations on the Management of Housing Provident Fund
Article 16 The monthly deposit amount of employee housing provident fund shall be the average monthly salary of the employee in the previous year multiplied by the deposit ratio of employee housing provident fund. The monthly deposit amount of housing provident fund paid by the unit for employees is the average monthly salary of employees in the previous year multiplied by the proportion of housing provident fund paid by the unit.
Eighteenth employees and units housing provident fund deposit ratio shall not be less than 5% of the average monthly salary of employees in the previous year; Conditional cities can appropriately increase the deposit ratio. The specific deposit ratio shall be drawn up by the Housing Provident Fund Management Committee and submitted to the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for approval after being audited by the people's governments at the corresponding levels.