Govt vows new push for safety
By Hou Liqiang | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-29 08:17
Revision of laws, regulations needed to further reduce accidents, deaths, a senior official says
As the number of accidents and fatalities decline in mining, rail transportation and on highways in China, work safety officials vow to take further action to upgrade safety standards in industries that experience more major accidents with many victims.
About 23,500 accidents occurred in China during the first half of the year, a decline of 8.8 percent year-on-year. Those accidents killed 14,100 people, down 5.3 percent, said Yang Huanning, minister of the State Administration of Work Safety, during a news conference on Thursday.
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