Guangdong seeks to curb workplace-related diseases

Spike in cases since 2008 poses challenges for health authorities

The manufacturing province of Guangdong faces the challenge of reducing the incidence of occupational diseases, health authorities said.

The rate has increased by an average of 30 percent every year, with 600 to 700 new cases annually, since 2008, according to the Guangdong Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases.