Chinese Valentine's Day on Saturday was a traditional day for loving couples to have happy reunions.
Wu Chunping, senior engineer at Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, said a dust explosion is the combustion of particles suspended in air in an enclosed space. There are seven types of explosive particles, including coal dust, grains and feeds and powdered metals such as aluminum. A spark or flame, such as a fire, an overheated surface or an electrical discharge from machinery, can trigger a blast, Wu said.
2009: Aluminum powder exploded in an abandoned factory that was being rented out as temporary housing in Danyang, Jiangsu province. Eleven people died and 20 were injured.
When I arrived at a hospital that had received dozens of the wounded from Saturday's explosion at an auto parts factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, what popped out at me immediately was a man waving a banner at hundreds of onlookers.
The explosion in a Kunshan auto parts factory, along with a string of similar cases in China, revealed safety loopholes in some high-risk sectors, as well as gaps in the protection of workers' rights and occupational safety.
The Chinese economy may have touched bottom last month as manufacturing activity reached a nearly two-year high, suggesting that government support policies are having the desired impact.
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that China should set an economic growth target of 6.5 percent to 7 percent for 2015. Chinese economists said the IMF's prediction sounds too "pessimistic" and most think a growth rate above 7 percent would be reasonable for next year.
The recent strong performance of the A-share market along with the falling returns of certain online fund products may affect some people's wealth management plans, analysts said.
The government on Friday approved a revamp of the ownership structure of China Everbright Group as the country deepens the reform of State-owned enterprises.
US-based fast food giant McDonald's Holdings Co has increased sourcing from food suppliers in China to satisfy the demand for meat by its 2,000 restaurants in the country.
Easing of many cities' purchase curbs fails to halt ongoing decline in market
The worry of overseas technology companies that the State-owned enterprises may favor local vendors is gradually becoming a reality after a number of US IT firms were subject to monopoly investigations or security criticisms in China.
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