Table 1 Timing of implementation, coverage and eligibility for the first LTCI pilot areas
Pioneer Cities | Execution Time | Target Population | Eligibility to Benefits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employee | Urban Residents | Rural Residents | Severely Disabled | Moderately Disabled | Mild Disabled | Intellectually Disabled | ||
Chengde | Nov. 2016 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Changchun | May 2015 | √ | √ |  | √ |  |  |  |
Jilin | Nov. 2016 | √ | √ |  | √ |  |  |  |
Qiqihaer | Oct. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Shanghai | Jan. 2017 | √ | √and ages 60 +  | √and ages 60 +  | √ | √ |  |  |
Nantong | Jan. 2016 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |  | √ |
Suzhou | June 2017 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |  |  |
Ningbo | Dec. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Anqing | Jan. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Shangrao | Nov. 2016 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  | √ |
Jinan | Jan. 2016 | √ |  |  | √ | √ |  |  |
Qingdao | July 2012 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |  | √ |
Weifang | Jan. 2015 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Liaocheng | Oct. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Binzhou | Jan. 2018 | √ |  |  | √ | √ |  |  |
Jingmen | Nov. 2016 | √ | √ | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Guangzhou | Aug. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ | √ |  | √ |
Chongqing | Dec. 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Chengdu | July 2017 | √ |  |  | √ |  |  |  |
Shihezi | Jan. 2017 | √ | √ | √ | √ |  |  |  |