The Ministry of Emergency Management convened an emergency video conference on chemical safety prevention for the Two Sessions nationwide.

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2021-03-03

　　On March 1, the Ministry of Emergency Management convened an emergency video conference to deploy safety‑prevention measures for hazardous chemicals during the period of the Two Sessions. The meeting urged all localities to draw profound lessons from recent chemical‑industry accidents, proactively and thoroughly implement corrective actions, enforce preventive and control measures, and resolutely curb the rising trend of accidents, thereby fostering a safe and secure environment for the convening of the Two Sessions and the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Liu Wei, Member of the Party Committee and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
　　The meeting emphasized that the safe production of hazardous chemicals currently faces multiple challenges, including a concentrated resumption of production and work following the holiday period and a rapid increase in the operating rate driven by rising prices of chemical products. It is imperative to clearly understand the situation, firmly shoulder the political responsibility for preventing and defusing major safety risks, concentrate resources on winning the tough battle for safe production of hazardous chemicals in March, and ensure a stable safety production environment during the Two Sessions and throughout the first quarter.
　　The meeting pointed out that recent, high-profile chemical accidents have exposed serious shortcomings in enterprise safety management—such as chaotic safety oversight, inadequate risk identification, and the absence of emergency response plans—as well as systemic issues at the local level, including insufficient lessons learned from past incidents and failure to implement effective safety prevention and control measures. These findings underscore significant gaps across regions in terms of work planning, drawing lessons from accidents, and proactively taking action to mitigate risks. The meeting emphasized the need to prioritize rigor and decisiveness in order to mount a robust, proactive effort to prevent and control risks.
　　The meeting called for rigorous implementation of inspection and rectification efforts, establishing a working mechanism in which enterprises assume primary responsibility, cities and counties ensure effective execution, and the provincial level assumes overall accountability. It also mandated the immediate launch of comprehensive safety production inspections at enterprises and government‑led supervisory checks. In terms of key risk control, strict enforcement is required: strengthen risk prevention and mitigation measures for enterprises resuming production, major hazard sources, fine chemical facilities, and older‑equipment chemical plants; and fully implement risk assessment and commitment‑based public disclosure, as well as regulations governing hot work and other special operations. With regard to drawing lessons from accidents, decisive action must be taken: conduct thorough accident investigations and hold those responsible accountable; and impose stringent remediation and corrective measures in areas where major accidents have occurred, accompanied by targeted interviews and public notifications. Finally, priority tasks must be vigorously advanced: promote the implementation of tailored solutions for ammonium nitrate‑related issues under the “one enterprise, one policy” approach; promptly address identified problems through specialized governance initiatives; and accelerate annual priorities such as preventing major safety risks, enhancing intrinsic safety, improving skills and competencies, and upgrading information‑based and intelligent management and control systems. At the same time, deepen expert guidance and support services in key counties.
　　Officials from relevant units of the Ministry of Emergency Management, industry associations, and the safety management departments of central enterprises attended the meeting at the main venue, while heads of provincial-level emergency management departments participated at the sub-venues.

Source: Ministry of Emergency Management Author: Ministry of Emergency Management

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