Title: The current construction status of China emergency systems against major industrial accidents

Authors: Maohua Zhong, Tiemin Liu, Feng Geng, Xing Wei, Xiaotian Chen

Addresses: China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, State Administration of Work Safety, 17 Huixin Xijie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029 P.R. China. ' China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, State Administration of Work Safety, 17 Huixin Xijie, Chaoyang District Beijing, 100029 P.R. China. ' China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, State Administration of Work Safety, 17 Huixin Xijie, Chaoyang District Beijing, 100029 P.R. China. ' China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, State Administration of Work Safety, 17 Huixin Xijie, Chaoyang District Beijing, 100029 P.R. China. ' Department of Management Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing, 100083 P.R. China

Abstract: The emergency plan is a project drawn up in advance for prevention against the possible important accidents, assuring the rapid and effective emergency response and rescue actions, and reducing the accidents loss. In order to reduce accident damage, the Chinese government has taken many measures to improve its ability for major accident prevention and emergency management. In this paper, we introduce the basic emergency measures for major accidents and its future developments. The basic situations of work safety in China are analysed in Section 2. The construction of an emergency system for major accidents is presented in Section 3. The core elements of the emergency plan in China are introduced in Section 4, and the main regulations for emergency system construction are introduced in Section 5. The current research status of emergency systems in China is introduced in Section 6. Finally, the future developments of the emergency system against major industrial accidents are discussed.

Keywords: emergency systems; major accidents; industrial accidents; China; emergency management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2006.011162

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2006 Vol.3 No.2/3, pp.101 - 113

Published online: 19 Oct 2006 *

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