Is stroke considered a difficult disease to treat under labor law?

Not necessarily. There are so many reasons.

According to Article 14 of the Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance, if an employee has any of the following circumstances, it shall be deemed to be a work-related injury:

1) Being injured in an accident during working hours and in the workplace due to work-related reasons;

2) Being injured in an accident while engaging in work-related preparatory or finishing work in the workplace before or after working hours;

3) Injured by violence or other accidents during working hours and in the workplace due to the performance of work duties;

4) Suffering from occupational diseases;

5) Injured or unaccounted for in an accident while away for work;

6) Injured in a traffic accident or an accident involving urban rail transit, passenger ferry, or train for which they are not primarily responsible;

7) Other circumstances that laws and administrative regulations provide shall be recognized as work-related injuries.

Article 15 An employee shall be deemed to have suffered a work-related injury under any of the following circumstances:

1) Died of a sudden illness during working hours and at work, or died within 48 hours after rescue efforts failed;

2) Suffering harm in emergency rescue and disaster relief or other activities to preserve national or public interests;

3) Employees who previously served in the army, were disabled due to war or duty injuries, and have obtained the certificate of revolutionary disabled soldiers, and were injured after arriving at the employer.

Where employees have any of the circumstances in items (1) or (2) of the preceding paragraph, they shall enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Regulations; Employees who have the circumstances in item (3) of the preceding paragraph shall enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits other than a one-time disability subsidy in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Regulations.

Stroke is a disease, and it is not a case of sudden illness death or death within 48 hours after rescue efforts are ineffective during working hours and at work. Therefore, it is more difficult to identify a work-related injury in this case.

Does a stroke at work count as a work injury?

The Labor Law of the People's Republic of China does not contain provisions on special diseases, but provides for protection against occupational diseases and work-related injuries in the first paragraph of Article 29.

The Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Work-related Injury Insurance classify the parts that are injured due to work; On December 23, 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the State Administration of Safety Supervision, and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions jointly issued the Classification and Catalogue of Occupational Diseases. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Diseases has a precise definition of occupational diseases. None of the above regulations has determined that stroke is classified as work-related injury or occupational disease, because it does not fall within the scope of the Labor Law.