Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 38 The following expenses incurred due to work-related injuries shall be paid by the work-related injury insurance fund according to the provisions of the state: (8) Funeral grants, pensions for dependent relatives and work-related death grants received by the survivors of work-related deaths.

Regulations on industrial injury insurance

Article 39 If an employee dies at work, his close relatives shall receive funeral subsidies, dependent relatives' pensions and one-time work-related death subsidies from the industrial injury insurance fund in accordance with the following provisions: (2) Dependent relatives' pensions shall be paid to relatives who provided the main source of livelihood and were unable to work before the employee's death. The standard is: spouse 40%, other relatives 30%, widowed elderly or orphans 10%. The total approved pension of dependent relatives should not be higher than the salary of employees who died at work. The specific scope of supporting relatives shall be stipulated by the administrative department of social insurance of the State Council.

Forty-first employees who go out for work or whose whereabouts are unknown during emergency rescue and disaster relief shall be paid wages within 3 months from the month of the accident, and wages shall be stopped from the fourth month. The industrial injury insurance fund shall pay pensions to its dependent relatives on a monthly basis.