Governor Wu Zhenglong presided over the provincial government executive meeting Thursday morning to make arrangement for the study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important instructions on safety production and convey the important instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and the spirit of the National Security Production Video Conference.
Since the beginning of this year, Jiangsu has witnessed generally stable production safety but we must also be aware that the situation is still grim, according to a statement released after the meeting.
We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, firmly establish the people-centered development ideology, uphold a sense of responsibility at all levels and shoulder the responsibility in accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the work requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government so as to build a safety production line, the statement said.
It is necessary to further strictly implement the corporate main responsibility and departmental supervision responsibility, and truly make the safety production and control network unbreakable, according to the statement.
We must adhere to the problem-oriented approaches, strengthen the prevention and control at the source by focusing on chemical, transportation, construction, marine fisheries, urban and rural gas, coal, fire, dust and other key areas on the basis of comprehensive investigation and rectification, the statement said.
It is necessary to carry out safety publicity and education activities in a solid manner, enhance the safety awareness of the people, and promote the continuous improvement of the safety production situation, according to the statement.
All localities and departments should pay close attention to weather changes, improve safety risk warnings, early warning and forecasting, emergency response and other mechanisms, implement measures such as flood prevention and heatstroke prevention so as to ensure the safety of people's lives and property with strict and practical styles and measures.
China saw fewer work-related accidents and fatalities last year as government regulators strengthened inspections and penalties. Still, there are more potential safety hazards as the economy develops and urbanization continues, the work safety authority said.
About 53,000 work-related accidents occurred in the country last year, a decline of 16.2 percent from 2016. Those accidents killed 38,000 people, down 12.1 percent.
The number of “extremely severe accidents” declined from 32 in 2016 to 25 last year, and fatalities in these accidents decreased since 2016 by 228 to 342.
Most of these accidents occurred in coal mines and road transportation and because of workplace fires.
Accidents are classified as “extremely severe” if they result in more than 30 deaths or severely injure more than 100 people, or cause direct economic losses of more than 100 million yuan.
The improvement occurred thanks to enhanced inspections and penalties, Wang said. Work safety authorities conducted more than 4.6 million on-site inspections last year and the fines they imposed increased by about 58 percent from 2016 to about 3.3 billion yuan.
(Source: ourjiangsu.com)
