Why do Chinese workers may need 996 insurance? 💼 | Following the Yuan

Discussions about 996 may have faded, only because the general public has reached a consensus to oppose it. However, overworking is possibly worsened due to the economic downturn.

Editor’s note: Earlier this week, the Chinese internet was dumbfounded a seemingly new type of life insurance by China Ping’an named “996 worry-free, work hard insurance”, which covers “sudden death/accident/ambulance”, and can compensate up to 600,000 yuan. [996 = working 9am to 9pm, six days a week]

Ping’an quickly clarified that they “don’t offer this…