Stop what should be stopped, cut back on what should be cut—businesses are being “screened” once again! The Ministry of Emergency Management: Resolutely curb accidents involving hazardous chemicals.

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2019-04-29

On April 24, the Ministry of Emergency Management convened a video conference on risk prevention and stability maintenance, analyzing and addressing current safety production issues related to hazardous chemicals. Huang Ming, Secretary of the Party Group of the Ministry of Emergency Management, called for concentrating resources and demonstrating firm resolve to resolutely curb accidents involving hazardous chemicals. Huang Ming pointed out that the current situation in hazardous chemical safety production is grave and pressing, with pervasive systemic risks standing out prominently, posing a serious threat to the lives and property of the people and severely hindering economic development and social stability. He urged further elevation of political awareness, emphasizing the need to fully recognize that today’s hazardous chemical safety challenges are closely aligned with the requirements of the new era and with the public’s aspirations to enhance their sense of gain, happiness, and security.

　　Huang Ming pointed out that the current situation regarding workplace safety in the handling of hazardous chemicals is grave and pressing, with pervasive systemic risks posing a serious threat to the lives and property of the public and severely hindering economic development and social stability.

　　Huang Ming urged that political awareness must be further elevated. It must be fully recognized that the current safety issues in the chemical and hazardous‑materials sector stand in stark contrast to the requirements of the new era and to the public’s aspirations for greater gains, happiness, and a sense of security, and have become a major contradiction that hinders the steady improvement of national workplace safety and undermines the achievement of the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

　　Decisive measures must be taken to resolutely curb explosions involving hazardous chemicals, with a focus on addressing fundamental, root‑cause, and bottleneck issues.

　　The immediate priority is for all localities to convene experts to conduct a thorough reassessment of enterprises. Any facility that fails to meet the required standards must cease production, and any that need to reduce output must do so. Furthermore, owners and management teams of hazardous‑chemical enterprises must undergo individualized training on safety and compliance with the law; they must remain on duty and at their posts, maintain strict vigilance, and rigorously enforce the principal responsibility of each enterprise.

　　Huang Ming called for the implementation of source‑level, comprehensive, and precision‑based governance. He emphasized the need to closely rely on the leadership of Party committees and governments, as well as on all sectors of society, to adopt a tiered and categorized management approach—classifying hazardous chemical enterprises according to red, orange, yellow, and blue levels.

　　It is imperative to strictly prevent individuals who lack the necessary knowledge and skills, are dishonest, or have engaged in illegal or non-compliant activities from continuing to operate factories or enterprises or participating in corporate management. Enterprises that neither possess the requisite technical expertise nor have engaged a professional team must be resolutely shut down.

　　It is necessary to leverage the coordinating and driving role of the Safety Production Committee, implement the “three musts” responsibilities, and forge a concerted effort involving all relevant parties.

　　Greater efforts must be made to ensure effective implementation, resolutely addressing the tendency in some localities and departments to confine work to superficial measures, see enforcement weaken at each level, and fail to take proactive steps or follow through on commitments. Full advantage should be taken of the ongoing provincial‑level assessments and inspections of government safety production and fire‑safety performance, making the assurance of “chemical safety” a key criterion in these evaluations.

　　Organize experts and journalists to conduct both overt inspections and undercover investigations. For cases where work is not implemented or inadequately carried out, risk assessments are conducted carelessly or incompletely, or major safety hazards are ignored and left unresolved for prolonged periods, we must identify the facts precisely, hold those responsible accountable, and publicly expose such irresponsible practices as perfunctory implementation and superficial rectification that jeopardize the lives and safety of the people. Any instances warranting accountability will be pursued without exception.

Source: China Chemical Industry News Author: China Chemical Industry News Editor: xwbj3

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