Home / Home / Government-Photo Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
China Mulls Tailored Insurance for Overseas Workers
Adjust font size:

China is considering offering unified insurance packages tailored to its overseas workers after nine Chinese were killed in Ethiopia, according to the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).

The Ministry of Commerce and the CIRC are working on the insurance program for overseas Chinese workers, Jiang Tao, a CIRC official, told Xinhua on Saturday.

As the commercial insurance products on the market are usually exempted from liabilities such as unexpected casualties from armed attacks, wars and plagues, those tailored to needs of overseas workers are not available, Jiang said.

The two departments are also planning to develop special insurance products to cover the specific risks for each batch of overseas workers in the future, Jiang said.

Nine Chinese workers were killed in a recent attack on a Chinese oil company in Ethiopia, with another seven kidnapped during the attack and later released.

(Xinhua News Agency May 6, 2007)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- Jiangsu Issues Regulations to Protect Workers Abroad
- 6 Chinese Workers Die in UAE Road Accident
- Chinese Workers Face Tough Life Abroad
Most Viewed >>
Questions and Answers More
Q: What kind of law is there in place to protect pandas?
A: In order to put the protection of giant pandas and other wildlife under the law, the Chinese government put the protection of rare animals and plants into the Constitution.
Useful Info
- Who's Who in China's Leadership
- State Structure
- China's Political System
- China's Legislative System
- China's Judicial System
- Mapping out 11th Five-Year Guidelines
Links
- Chinese Embassies
- International Department, Central Committee of CPC
- State Organs Work Committee of CPC
- United Front Work Department, Central Committee of CPC