The national rollout of China’s pilot program for occupational injury protection for workers begins on July 1

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on July 1 that the pilot program for occupational injury protection for workers in new forms of employment has been fully rolled out across 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps nationwide. The pilot aims to provide occupational injury protection for platform workers in food delivery, ridehailing, local freight transport and other sectors. According to the ministry, the pilot began in July 2022 and currently covers 11 leading platform companies in three industries: ridehailing, instant delivery, and local freight transport, with all ordertaking workers covered in 17 provinces. As of the end of June 2026, the cumulative number of insured people had reached 29.902 million, and the system has already played a role in safeguarding against major casualty accidents. The ministry said that from July 1, newly included platform companies in the pilot include T3 Mobility, Huaxiaozhu RideHailing, Sunshine Mobility, Ruqi Mobility, Xiangdao Mobility, Jishi Yuche, Fengyun Travel, Shouqi RideHailing, Meituan Taxi, Xiaoxiang Supermarket, Freshippo, Dingdong Maicai, Pupu Supermarket, and UU Errands. Localities will also, in accordance with the principle of "one mature batch, one batch included," gradually include small and mediumsized platform enterprises registered in their respective provinces in the pilot scope.