Several production accidents have recently returned public
attention to the issue of production safety. During China's
prolonged period of rapid economic growth over the past decades,
legislation has constantly developed to regulate and protect the
workforce. Most recently, on 31 August 2014, China issued the
amended Production Safety Law ("2014 Production Safety
Law"). This would become the fundamental legislation for
production safety, and has come into force on 1 December 2014.
Legal framework
The 2014 Safety Production Law is the central national level
legislation outlining general aspects of safety production and
which regulates companies' obligations. In addition, there are
further laws addressing specific issues, including the Fire
Protection Law and the Occupational Disease Prevention Law. All
such national legislation is implemented by the different bodies
within central government and local governments, which also
formulate implementation regulations.
