Northern China's Shanxi province rolled out strict regulation to prevent mine accidents from happening.
The provincial government stated once a major accident occurs at a coal mine owned by a provincial state-run company, the leader of its superior company should resign immediately and wait for investigation, according to a special regulation issued on November 23.
The regulation, effective from December 1, contains 18 items to strengthen coal mine safety. Coal mines that have safety hazards but operate without doing risk evaluations and countermeasures will be shut down and severely punished. It also cracks down on mining facilities, processes and materials that have been eliminated and forbidden by the national standards.
The regulation came after three coal mine accidents happened in the past two months. The last one happened two weeks ago at the mining hub Shuozhou due to flooding, killing five workers.
As of November 23, 12 coal mine accidents took place across the province, leading to 25 people dead, with the number falling 36.84% and 46.81%, respectively, according to a press brief held by the province's coal mine safety watchdog on November 24.
(Writing by Alex Guo Editing by Tammy Yang)
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