GUANGZHOU: The city's labor and social security bureau has said it plans to introduce two new medical insurance schemes for urban citizens and migrant workers next year.

"To improve the existing system, we plan to create two new insurance schemes, which will mostly benefit urban residents and migrant workers," Cui Renquan, the bureau's director, said earlier this week.

Cui said the schemes will cover a greater number of migrant workers who do not have Guangzhou permanent residences and local residents who are unemployed or do not have a pension under the existing system.