According to Article 17 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Personal Injury Compensation Cases, if the victim suffers personal injury, the compensation obligor shall compensate all the expenses incurred for medical treatment and the income reduced due to missed work, including medical expenses, lost time, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, accommodation expenses, hospital food subsidies and necessary nutrition expenses. If the victim is disabled due to injury, the compensation obligor shall also compensate for the necessary expenses incurred due to the increase in daily life and the income loss caused by the loss of working ability, including disability compensation, disability AIDS, living expenses of the dependents, and necessary rehabilitation expenses, nursing expenses and follow-up treatment expenses actually incurred due to rehabilitation nursing and continuing treatment.
The compensation standard for the dependents' living expenses is as follows: According to Article 28 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Personal Injury Compensation Cases, the dependents' living expenses are calculated according to the degree of the dependents' incapacity to work and the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents and rural residents in the last year where the Court of Appeal is located. If the dependent is a minor, it is calculated as 17 years old; If the dependent has no ability to work and no other source of income, it shall be counted as 20 years. But over 60 years of age, the age will be reduced by one year for each additional year; Over 75 years of age, calculated by 5 years.