Beijing's disabled provided with free accident insurance

The Beijing Disabled Persons Federation gave the capital's 410,000 disabled people a special gift on Friday in the form of group accident insurance.

The program aims to improve the social security network for the disabled and help them to integrate better with the outside world, federation officials said.

The new insurance policy allows disabled Beijing residents to be covered by a maximum payment of 50,000 yuan ($7,860) for accidental death or disability when using public transportation tools, visiting museums and other public places open to the disabled for free, and participating in officially organized social activities.