BEIJING: The Ministry of Emergency Management, together with judicial organs, has strengthened accountability in work safety management through crackdowns on violations, according to a ministry spokesman.
Since its establishment in 2018, the ministry has further improved the legal and regulation systems for work safety governance, Shen Zhanli, the ministry’s spokeswoman, said at a news conference on Thursday.
Facilitated by the ministry, the top legislature adopted an amendment to the Work Safety Law last year that ramps up risk control in emerging sectors such as the platform economy and increases punishment for violations, she noted.
She said the ministry also offered close coordination in the 2021 amendment to the Criminal Law, which rules that criminal liability will be triggered when company operations pose an actual threat of heavy casualties or other serious consequences, even if none occur. Shen vowed close cooperation from the ministry with the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security to guide local authorities to unearth and crack down on work safety violations. Ye Shaosheng, a senior judge from the Supreme People’s Court, said courts across the country have intensified punishment for crimes endangering production safety.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
