The Provisions of Guangzhou on Social Medical Insurance (Decree No. 193 of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government), which was adopted at the 22nd executive meeting of the 16th session of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government on October 25, 2022, is hereby promulgated and will come into force as of December 1, 2022. Mayor: Guo Yonghang, the first article of the Guangzhou Social Medical Insurance Provisions on October 31, 2022, is formulated in accordance with the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations, in combination with the actual situation of the city, in order to standardize the social medical insurance relationship, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the insured to enjoy social medical insurance benefits, and promote the healthy development of social medical insurance. Article 2 These Provisions are applicable to the social medical insurance participation, service, supervision and management and other activities within the administrative region of this Municipality. Article 3 The municipal administrative department of medical security shall be responsible for the work of social medical insurance and organize the implementation of these Provisions. The medical security agency is responsible for the daily management and service of social medical insurance. The social insurance premium collection institution is responsible for the collection of basic medical insurance premiums, and supervises and inspects the declaration of the payer and the failure to pay the premiums in full and on time. The relevant departments of education, finance, human resources and social security, health, and ex servicemen affairs shall, within the scope of their respective duties, cooperate in the work of social medical insurance and the implementation of these Provisions. Sub district offices and town people's governments shall assist medical security agencies and social insurance premium collection agencies in handling the registration and collection of basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents under their jurisdiction. Article 4 This Municipality shall establish and improve the basic medical insurance system for employees, the basic medical insurance system for urban and rural residents, and the supplementary medical insurance systems such as the large medical expense subsidy for employees, and the serious disease insurance for urban and rural residents in accordance with the provisions of the State and the province, to meet the multi-level medical security needs of the insured employees and urban and rural residents. The employing units within the administrative area of this Municipality may establish a supplementary medical insurance system for the units themselves. Article 5 The basic medical insurance fund includes the basic medical insurance fund for employees and the basic medical insurance fund for urban and rural residents, which shall be included in the special financial account of the social security fund. The basic medical insurance fund for employees includes the basic medical insurance pooling fund for employees and individual accounts. The basic medical insurance pooling fund for employees and the basic medical insurance fund for urban and rural residents shall set up expenditure items according to regulations. The municipal financial department shall, together with the municipal medical security administrative department, formulate a plan for maintaining and increasing the value of the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with national regulations and organize its implementation. Article 6 The employing units within the administrative area of this Municipality shall participate in the basic medical insurance for their employees in this Municipality. Flexible employees in this city from the place of employment or the place of registered residence who meet the national and provincial regulations may participate in the basic medical insurance for employees in this city. Workers with work-related injuries who have been identified as Class I to Class IV disabled due to work-related disability, including those who retain labor relations and have gone through disability retirement procedures, who receive disability allowance in this city, shall participate in the basic medical insurance for workers in this city. If the unemployment insurance relationship of the unemployed is in this city, they shall participate in the basic medical insurance for employees in this city during the period of receiving unemployment insurance compensation. Article 7 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents employed and recruited by the employing units within the administrative area of this city according to law