According to the report of CCTV, with the safe landing of Yang
Liwei, an insurance contract conducted secretly a month ago has
finally been brought to light: China Life Insurance Company
exclusively provided an insurance fee of RMB five million yuan
(US$604,113) for Yang Liwei.
As many items of this insurance contract are top secrets, China
Life Insurance Company, as a director of China Space Foundation,
organized a special team and appointed a special person in handling
the job in order to avoid causing extra psychological pressures
onto the astronaut and his family. Some foreign insurance companies
had also expressed intention to provide the insurance for Yang
Liwei.
(People's Daily October 23, 2003)
