East China’s Jiangsu province has started a 100-day campaign to investigate the structures of self-built residential buildings to ensure work and production safety, according to a circular issued by the provincial government recently.
The provincial government requires all localities to strengthen the investigation of hidden dangers of self-built buildings, find out all kinds of hidden dangers, and establish a database to ensure that the safety risks of key houses are placed under key supervision.
Focus will be laid on checking 9 types of houses, including changing houses into homestays, farmhouses, private theaters, escape rooms, murder mystery game parlors, e-sports halls and family hotels.
Investigation will be made on the buildings with shops on the sidewalk, as well as crowded places and group rental houses, second-hand houses that are frequently rented out around schools and hospitals, and rental houses in suburban areas and small towns.
Before the end of September, the province will complete the investigation of potential safety hazards of self-built houses in the province.
By the end of June 2023, the province will complete the investigation of potential safety hazards of self-built houses.
The State Council, China's cabinet, has decided to set up an investigation team for a recent building collapse in Central China's Hunan province.
A total of 53 people has been confirmed dead in the self-built residential structure collapse that happened in Wangcheng district of the provincial capital Changsha on April 29. Ten people have been rescued.
The team, led by the Ministry of Emergency Management, will invite construction, safety and legal experts to provide professional support for the investigation.
The investigation will be conducted according to the law and in a science-based, practical and efficient manner. The authority vowed to find out the cause of the accident, draw a lesson from it, and seriously seek accountability.
