Lax safety laws, lack of investment make country's mines 'world's most deadly'
By YAN JIE | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-10 07:52
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Two miners are rushed to hospital from the back of a truck after being caught up in a gas explosion on Saturday at a coal mine in Enshi, Hubei province. At least 10 miners were killed and another nine injured in the accident. Wang Ting / for China Daily |
BEIJING - The lax enforcement of safety laws, coupled with inadequate investment in equipment, are partly to blame for China having the world's most deadly coal mines, a senior safety official has said.
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