国务院关于修改《国内航空运输旅客身体损害赔偿暂行规定》的决定(附英文)
1993年12月13日，国务院
国务院决定将《国内航空运输旅客身体损害赔偿暂行规定》第六条修改为：“承运人按照本规定应当承担赔偿责任的，对每名旅客的最高赔偿金额为人民币七万元。”
附件：国内航空运输旅客身体损害赔偿暂行规定
第一条 为确定国内航空运输承运人对旅客身体损害应当承担的民事责任，制定本规定。
第二条 本规定适用于国内航空旅客运输中发生的旅客身体损害赔偿。
前款所称国内航空旅客运输，是指根据航空旅客运输合同，运输的始发地、约定经停地和目的地都在中华人民共和国领域内的航空旅客运输。
第三条 旅客在航空器内或上下航空器过程中死亡或受伤，承运人应当承担赔偿责任。
第四条 承运人如能证明旅客死亡或受伤是不可抗力或旅客本人健康状况造成的，不承担赔偿责任。
第五条 承运人如能证明旅客死亡或受伤是由旅客本人的过失或故意行为造成的，可以减轻或免除其赔偿责任。
第六条 承运人按照本规定应当承担赔偿责任的，对每名旅客的最高赔偿金额为人民币七万元。
第七条 旅客可以自行决定向保险公司投保航空运输人身意外伤害险。此项保险金额的给付，不得免除或减少承运人应当承担的赔偿金额。
第八条 向外国人、华侨、港澳同胞和台湾同胞给付的赔偿金，可以兑换成该外国或地区的货币，其汇率按赔偿金给付之日中华人民共和国国家外汇管理部门公布的外汇牌价确定。
第九条 旅客或其继承人与承运人对损害赔偿发生争议，可以向人民法院起诉。
第十条 本规定由中国民用航空局负责解释。
第十一条 本规定自一九八九年五月一日起施行，一九五一年四月二十四日政务院财政经济委员会发布的《飞机旅客意外伤害强制保险条例》同时废止。
INTERIM PROVISIONS CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR BODILY INJURY OFPASSENGERS IN DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
Important Notice: (注意事项)
英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民
共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).
当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
Whole Document (法规全文)
INTERIM PROVISIONS CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR BODILY INJURY OF
PASSENGERS IN DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
(Adopted at the 31st Executive Meeting of the State Council on
January 3, 1989, promulgated by Decree No. 28 of the State Council of the
People's Republic of China on February 20, 1989 and become effective as of
May 1, 1989)
Article 1
These Provisions are formulated for the purpose of defining the civil
liability that domestic air carriers shall bear for the bodily injury of
passengers.
Article 2
These Provisions shall apply to the compensation for the bodily injury of
passengers that occur in domestic air passenger transportation.
The term "domestic air passenger transportation" referred to in the
preceding paragraph denotes any air passenger transportation in which,
according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure, the agreed
stops, and the destination are all within the territory of the People's
Republic of China.
Article 3
The carriers shall be liable for compensation for death and injury
sustained by passengers on board an aircraft or in the course of
embarkation or disembarkation.
Article 4
The carriers shall not be liable for compensation provided they can prove
that death or injury of passengers is caused by force majeure or by the
passengers' own health conditions.
Article 5
The carriers' liability to pay compensation may be reduced or exempted
provided they can prove that the death or injury of passengers is caused
by the negligence or wilful misconducts on the part of the passengers
themselves.
Article 6
The maximum amount of compensation shall be 70,000 Renminbi yuan for each
individual passenger, for which the carriers are liable for compensation
as under these Provisions.
Article 7
Passengers may at their own discretion to cover with an insurance company
an insurance against accidental bodily injury in air transportation. The
payment of the insurance indemnity, however, shall not exempt or reduce
the amount of compensation that the carriers shall be liable for paying.
Article 8
Compensation paid to foreigners, overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong
Kong and Macao, and compatriots from Taiwan may be converted into the
currency of the country or region concerned and the rate of exchange shall
be decided as per the listed rate of exchange officially published by the
State Administrative department for control of foreign exchange of the
People's Republic of China on the day on which the compensation is paid.
Article 9
In the event that a dispute with respect to the compensation for injury
arises between the passengers or their heir and the carrier, they may file
a suit with the people's court.
Article 10
The Civil Aviation Administration of China shall be responsible for the
interpretation of these Provisions.
Article 11
These Provisions shall become effective as of May 1, 1989 and the
Regulations Concerning Compulsory Insurance Against Accidental Injury for
Air Passengers promulgated by the Financial & Economic Commission of the
Administration Council of the People's Republic of China on April 24, 1951
shall be nullified simultaneously.
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