Chinese leaders on Saturday urged authorities to learn from the"extremely profound" lessons paid for with blood as death toll from massive warehouseexplosions in Tianjin rose to 104.
In a written instruction, President Xi Jinping said that the Tianjin blasts and a string ofserious accidents recently exposed severe problems in the work safety sector, andauthorities must always keep "safe development" and "people's interest first" in mind toavoid such accidents.
He demands a better emergency response mechanism, greater implementation of worksafety regulations, and careful checks of all possible safety risks, to achieve "substantialimprovement" in work safety.
The accountability system must be put into practice earnestly in order to preventdereliction of duty, he added.
Premier Li Keqiang urged authorities to take forceful and effective measures to rectify theweak link so as to formulate a long-term mechanism to avoid the repetition of accidents.
The State Council on Saturday called a national tele-conference to lay out work on anational safety inspection that will target industries related with dangerous chemicals,explosives, fireworks, elevators, non-coal mines, public transport and ports.
The repeated emphasis on safety followed the massive explosions at a warehouse storingdangerous chemicals in north China's Tianjin City on Wednesday night, killing at least 104people, and injuring more than 720.
The warehouse was owned by Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co.Ltd., a storage and distribution center for containers of dangerous goods.
The State Council Work Safety Commission on Friday said the blasts revealed a lack ofsafety awareness among businesses, lax implementation of safety regulations, irregularpractices among workers and weak emergency responses to incidents.
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