Beijing boosts bereaved parents

More than 8,000 bereaved parents in Beijing have joined a free insurance program to help relieve the financial burden as they grow older and become susceptible to illness and accidents.

The Warm Heart Plan was launched on June 15, 2012, after the Beijing Family Planning Association signed an agreement with an insurance company in December 2011.

The city government will provide bereaved parents with a special monthly subsidy of 200 yuan ($32) per person.