china life insurance company limited (short china life, chinese: 中国人寿保险; pinyin: zhōngguó rénshòu bǎoxiǎn) is a beijing-based china-incorporated company that provides life insurance and annuity products. china life is ranked no. 94 on fortune 2015 global 500 company list. [2] china life, which is 70% state-owned, is the biggest life insurer in china, but is coming off a few rocky years. chinas insurance market attracted dozens of new competitors after the chinese government liberalized it, and china lifes market share has fallen by almost half since 2007, from 50% to around 26%, according to morningstar. the company is completing a major restructuring, and the government assigned it a new ceo in 2014. a new sales push early this year (fueled by an army of newly hired agents) led to a big bump in net income in the first quarter of 2015. china life is also ranked on fortune china: 2015 top 500 chinese enterprises at no.13.