Equipment accidents remain a matter of concern

Accidents involving "special equipment" killed 26 people and injured 16 in July, with 10 more deaths compared with that of the same period last year, said the country's quality supervision authority.

However, accidents and casualties involving special equipment both have seen a year-on-year decline in the first half of 2012, officials said.

Chinese quality supervision departments use the term "special equipment" to describe eight categories of large devices, including pressure vessels, large boilers, elevators, passenger cableways and special vehicles.