Strengthen safety supervision to protect workers safety

and health
Li Yunqiang State Administration of Work Safety, P.R. China

Contents
1. Background 2.Work Safety Administration in China 3. Legislative Framework of Work Safety 4. Major Action in Recent Years 5.Current work safety condition in China Action Plan(2011-2015)

1.Background

The Peoples Republic of China

the worlds largest developing country, which is under industrialization!

Basic Information Landmass :9,600,000 sq km Population(2010):1.37053 billion -Urban:665.57 million -Rural:674.14 million Worker Population2009 779.95million Key Industries Mining, Construction, Transportation Agriculture, etc. GDP(2011):47.1564 trillion About$7.4970trillion

1. Background
The Chinese government ratified ILO No.155 Convention on 31 Oct.2006. China has ratified 24 international conventions, among which three important conventions relate to OSH, namely C.155, C.170 and C.167. At present, the Chinese government is considering the possibility of C174 Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents and Convention C176 Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995.

2.Work Safety Administration in China

Ministry of Labor (former)

SACMS established

SAWS established, jointly administered with SACMS

SAWS upgraded to ministry status, SACMS separately established

Work Safety
2000 2001
2003 2005 2006

1998

Work Safety Bureau of former SETC

SAWS (SACMS) became a government body directly under the State Council

NWEMC establishe d

Occupational Health

1998 Ministry of Labor (former) Ministry of Health took over the occupational health responsibility

2003
SAWS given part of occupational health responsibility

The Role of SAWS

The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) is an agency directly under the State Council for overall supervision and regulation of work safety and it is also the working body of the Office of the State Council Work Safety Commission. Established in 2001 and upgraded to ministry Level in 2005,.
As prescribed by the State Council, SAWS administers the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety and directs the overall control of coalmine safety SAWS is responsible for direct control of work safety in non-coal mining, hazardous chemicals, fireworks, offshore and onshore oil and gas, machinery, light industries, building materials, metallurgy, etc. For the other industries and sectors (construction, road traffic, waterway, railway, civil aviation, fishery vessels, agriculture, etc.), SAWS supervises the industry-specific ministries to carry out their duties on work safety.

The State Council (Chinas central government)

The State Council Work Safety Committee

The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS)

The State Administration of Coal Mine Safety (SACMS)

The ministries in charge of transportation, railways, civil aviation, water resources, eletrical power, construction, agriculture, postal service, telecommunications, tourism, special equipment, fire control, nuclear safety, etc.

Guidance and supervision on work safety The ministries in charge of transportation, railways, civil aviation, water resources, eletrical power, construction, agriculture, postal service, telecommunications, tourism, special equipment, fire control, nuclear safety, etc.

SAWS

Administration

Guidance

SACMS
Direct control

Provincial Safety Watchdogs (100%)

Guidance

Provincial Bureaus (27)

Direct control

Municipal/Prefectural Safety Watchdogs (99%)

Guidance

Regional Offices (71)

Coal mine safety inspection work force approximately 2,800

County Safety Watchdogs (94.8%) Work safety personnel: approximately 64,000

SAWS
SACMS
General Office General Office (Dept of International Cooperation, Dept of Finance) Dept of Planning, Science &Technology Dept 1 of Safety Supervision (Office of Offshore Oil Operation Safety) Dept 3 of Chemical Safety

NWEMC
Dept of Policy and Legislation
Dept of General Affairs Dept of Command & Coordination Dept of Information Management Dept of Technology & Equipment Dept of Finance & Assets

Dept of Safety Inspection Dept of Accident Investigation Dept of Science, Technology & Equipment

Office of Emergency Rescue (Dept of Statistics) Dept 2 of Safety Supervision

Dept 4 of Safety Supervision Dept of Personnel (Office of National Work Safety Supervisors)

Dept of Safety Management

Dept of OSH Supervision

Mandate for Occupational Health

MOH Draft laws, regulations and standards Regulate prevention, diagnosis and treatment of occupational diseases Examine qualification of technical services Conduct occupational health assessment and chemical

SAWS
Oversee and inspect occupational health conditions at workplaces Organize investigations into occupational health incidents and violations

 The Chinese government has been attaching great importance to work safety! On the 5th Plenary Session of the 16th Party Central Committee of Central Committee of the CPC, China has put forward the scientific idea of resources conserving, clean and safe development to realize sustainable development, the first time for China to document safe development as important as resources and environment by making safe development as an important part of sustainable development.

3. Legislative Framework of Work Safety

3. Legislative Framework of Work Safety

There are regular work safety law, special work safety law, relevant work safety law, administrative work safety law and laws concerning criminal crimes disrupting work safety. There are more than 10 laws related to work safety legislated by the NPC, over 50 regulations and rules stipulated by the State Council. Moreover, since the foundation of P.R. China, the State Council has issued over 30 notices on strengthening work safety, while the departments of the State Council have issued over 100 regulations and rules on work safety.

Law on Work Safety of the Peoples Republic of China

The Law was introduced on November 1st, 2002. This Law was enacted to enhance supervision and control over work safety, to prevent and minimize accidents due to lack of work safety, to ensure the safety of peoples lives and property and to promote economic development. This Law is applicable to work safety in units that are engaged in production and business activities (hereinafter referred to as production and business units) within the territory of the Peoples Republic of China.

Law on Occupational Diseases Prevention and Control of the Peoples Republic of China

The Law on Occupational Diseases Prevention and Control of the Peoples Republic of China came into effect on May 1st, 2002 and amend in Dec. 31,2011. This Law was enacted for the prevention, control and elimination of hazards of occupational diseases, the control and prevention of occupational diseases, the protection of workers health and their rights and interests, and the promotion of economic development.

Relevant law concerning work safety

The Law on Labor the Law on Trade Union the Law on Fire Control the Law on Road Traffic Safety Seaborne Traffic Safety Law Minerals Resources Law the Coal Law the Construction Law the Railway Law Electricity Law Civil Aviation Law.

Work safety laws under the process of revision

Mine Safety Law (under revision) Coal Law (under revision) Energy Law (drafting) Special Equipment Safety Law (drafting) Petroleum and Gas Pipeline Protection Law (drafting)

Administrative regulations on work safety

Apart from the laws, the Chinese government has adopted a series of administrative regulations concerning work safety, such as the Regulation on practicing Mine Safety Law, the Regulation on Coal Mine Safety Supervision and Inspection, Petroleum and Gas Pipelines Protection Regulation, the Regulation on Chemical safety Management, the Regulation on Labor Protection in Poisonous Workplace, the Regulation on Special Equipment Supervision, the Regulation on Workers Compensation, the Regulation on Work Safety Management of Construction Project, the Regulation on Work Safety Permit, the Regulation on Railway Transportation Safety, the Regulation on Management of Drug-Making Chemicals, the Regulation on Safety Management of Fireworks and Firecrackers, the Regulation on Safety Management of Explosive Materials for Civil Use, the Special Regulation of the State Council on Coal Mine Accident Prevention, the Regulation on governing reporting, investigation and handling of production safety accidents.

4. Major Action in Recent Years

Adopted laws and regulations including the Work Safety Law (2002), aimed at building a sound legal framework The State Council issued the Decision on Further Enhancing Work Safety (2004) The State Council executive meeting decided to upgrade SAWS to ministry status and separately establish SACMS in Feb. 2005 Work safety was for the first time incorporated into the five-year national development programme (2006-2010), four work safety indicators were listed into the leadership performance assessment system

Major Actions in Work Safety

Specific rectification campaigns in key industries - Coal mine, fireworks, hazards chemicals, road and waterway traffic, fire prevention in public gathering places Classification standardization on work safety Work safety control indicators system Work safety supervision and inspection system Work safety responsibility and accountability system Safety science and technology Safety culture Work Safety Month 10 000-Li (5,000 kilometer) Work Safety Tour

Major Actions in Coal Mine Safety

Aug. 2005 set the goal to cut back on major gas explosions within two years and to solve the problem of small coal mines within three years 2005 to 2007: the number of gas explosions drop 34.3% and the fatalities drop 50.1% All high gassy coal mines and 87.5% of low gassy coal mines install gas monitoring and control system Central government invested 9 billion yuan in three years, local governments and enterprises invested 64.1 billion yuan, to fund safety-related technological renovations in key State-owned coal mines So far closed 11,618 small coal mines Decide to close another 5,000 small coal mines by the year 2010

Challenging Factors
Productivity level different from one place to another Diversification of ownerships makes work safety more difficult to be controlled Rapid growth of coal industry and modern transportation, accelerated development of regional economies Migration workers from rural places to cities add pressure to work safety Transfer of high-risk Industries becomes a problem from developed to developing countries

from urban to rural areas from state-owned to township enterprises from eastern to western regions

Major Obstacles to Safety Improvement

Incomplete laws, regulations and technical standards More inspectors needed Inadequate investment, outdated equipment Safety science and technology yet to improve Poor enforcement of safety responsibility system Ineffective implementation of laws and regulations Insufficient safety awareness of workers

Principles

Safety first, prevention prioritized,

comprehensive treatment
Different roles: enterprises, government, and service providers Address both the symptoms and deeprooted causes of problem Comprehensive control

A Three-Step Approach
2007 Improved safety conditions in accidentplagued mining, chemical and construction sectors, major accident occurrence under control; 2010 Good legal framework, regulatory system and emergency rescue system, industrial accidents and fatalities reduced , rising trend of road traffic death toll reversed, safety situation in mining, chemical and construction sectors under effective control; 2020 Fundamental improvement of the national work safety conditions. The number of fatalities in accidents per 100 million yuan worth of GDP and the number of fatalities in accidents per 100 thousand workers in industrial, mining and commercial sectors reach the equal of the mid-ranking developed countries

5.Current work safety condition in China

Through the joint efforts of all aspects, the work safety situations in china have largely improved .

GDP Increasing and Accident decreasing

0.8

0.697 0.56 0.41 0.31 0.25

GDP

0.6 0.4 0.2 0 2005

0.201

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Fatality rate per 100 milion Yuan

5 4 3 2 1 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 3.85 3.33 3.05 2.82 2.40

2.13

Fatality rate per 100 thousands employees in workplace

6.Action Plan (2011-2015)

The National 12th-Five-Year-Plan for Work Safety

Objects
Six Major Tasks Nine Key Projects

Objects
In the Twelve Five-Year Plan periods, strive in 2015, capability of the enterprise security and government regulation will be enhanced significantly, work safety situations in the various sectors (areas) will be further improved, safety supervision and inspection system will be more perfect. The total of casualty accident of all kinds will decrease 10% or more, the death toll in factories, mines, commercial and trade enterprises will decrease 12.5% or more, the number of major and serious accidents will decrease 15% or more, the number of special serious accident will decrease 50% or more, reporting rate on the occupational hazard will reach 80% or more, the OSH goals in the National Occupational Disease Prevention plan (20092015) will achieve comprehensively, national work safety situation will remain stable better situation and lay a solid foundation for realizing improvement of the work safety situation by 2020.

six Major Tasks

Optimize the safety system and enhance the level of enterprise intrinsic safety and the capabilities of the accident prevention. Perfect the system of government supervision and social inspection, and enhance the capabilities of enforcement and mass prevention and mass control. Perfect the support system of safety science and technology, and enhance the safety supporting capability of technical equipment. Perfect the system of laws, regulations standards and policies, enhance the capability of work safety in accordance with laws and regulations. Perfect the emergency rescue system, enhance the capability of accident rescue and emergency response. Perfect system of publicity education and training, enhance the employees safety quality and the capabilities of social public self-rescue and mutual aid.

Nine Key Projects

Enterprises work safety Standardization Promote coal mine safety Traffic safety guarantee Hazards control and monitoring in non-coal mining and chemical industry Occupational hazard prevention and control Strengthen administration and Inspection capability Safety technology R&D and spread Workplace emergency rescue system construction Safety education and training, safety community and safety culture construction

People first ,safety development

Thank you for your attention!

Life always matters, safety adds value!