Employees of the Communist Party’s state-owned China Life Insurance Company paraded through the streets smiling as they publicized the death of a customer who was awarded 1.2 million yuan (RMB). The photo was circulated on the Internet and sparked controversy, after which the company publicly apologized. However, some netizens pointed out that such publicity is actually quite common in mainland China.
A photo of China Life promoting claims has recently been circulating on social media. The photo shows two staff members dressed in formal attire and wearing China Life ribbons walking down the street with smiles on their faces, holding a sign that reads “Mr. Zhang×× was awarded 1,200,000 yuan for his accidental death.
In front of the sign, there were other employees holding an enlarged China Life claim form, marked in red with “1,200,000 yuan”. It is suspected that there are other employees following behind, and there are people holding up their cell phones next to them.
The photo of the claim form is blurred and it is not clear which branch of China Life it is.
The photo was reported by the mainland media and sparked continued concern. Some netizens think that should have done this publicity, it is too inhumane: “people do funeral, you as a happy event”, “human blood buns delicious”, “too no bottom line, people are normal to buy insurance, an accident should be But this consumption of people is really too bottomless”, “the more lack of what the more you want to prove what, that the claim is really difficult”, “using the death of others as advertising material, it seems to be a trade with the life of people. “
The land media quoted lawyers as saying that such propaganda not only violates the privacy of the deceased’s family, suspected of a crime, but also hurts the feelings of relatives and goes against the social conscience.
After triggering strong questions from netizens, on May 7, the China Life Chongqing branch involved in the incident then publicly apologized and said it had removed the branch manager involved.
However, some netizens pointed out that the aforementioned practice has been the “routine operation” of the mainland insurance industry.
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