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Beijing

Commission: More bus safety needed

Local authorities across China are urged to adopt more measures to ensure the safety of buses, including strengthening guardrails on bridges to prevent vehicles from breaking through, according to a guideline released by the Work Safety Commission of the State Council. The guideline, published on Monday, was released following the plunge of a bus from a Chongqing bridge into the Yangtze River with 15 people aboard in October. In the guideline, the commission said government departments and local authorities must learn the lesson and enact more measures to prevent similar accidents.