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China’s Good Samaritan Law (见义勇为法) Takes Effect

China’s Good Samaritan Law went into effect on October 1 to encourage people who are ready to help others. Under the law, people who voluntarily offer emergency assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill or in danger, will not have civil responsibility in the event of harm to the victims.

The new law aims to ease the reluctance people feel toward helping strangers for fear of legal consequences if they make mistakes in treatment. It is a response to the phenomenon of people hesitating     1     ( help) fallen senior citizens due to concern that they might be blackmailed (讹诈) later.

There has been no shortage of cases     2     people hesitated to offer assistance to those who are in need over the past decade. And some good Samaritans have been blackmailed for charitable acts. In 2011, a two-year-old girl known as Xiao Yueyue was run over by two cars, and 18 people passed by     3     offering emergency help. The girl died after days of medical treatment. In 2014, a man from Guangdong Province aided a senior citizen, but he     4     (accuse) of knocking him down. The man committed suicide when     5     (face) with demands for a large sum of money.

These cases     6     (arouse) debate about morality and heroism in China in recent years. “If you don’t provide help, you will blame yourself, but if you do help, you are likely     7     (hurt) by the people you help. It is really a difficult choice,” one netizen said on Sina Weibo.

    8     there had been calls for a national Good Samaritan law, only a few cities pushed ahead with such laws before the nationwide law came into effect.

However, some experts are concerned     9     there could be some danger from a nationwide Good Samaritan Law. “Rescuers who know little about first aid could bring serious harm to people in critical conditions,” said Yang Lixin, a professor at the Renmin University of China. He hoped that the government     10     introduce details of the policy soon while encouraging people to voluntarily offer assistance.