China safety chief sees long, hard road ahead |
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| China, home to the world's most deadly mining industry, reports an average of 320 deaths at work daily, said Li Yizhong, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, on Dec. 21, 2006. |
| Dec. 25 - The equivalent of a jumbo jet of people a day are killed at work in China, safety officials said on Thursday, adding it could take another two decades before there is a significant improvement.
But they lauded1 progress so far this year at closing down dangerous and illegal coal mines and pledged to crack down on corruption2 and recalcitrant3 companies that refuse to take safety seriously, although they outlined no concrete new measures.
China, home to the world's most deadly mining industry, reports an average of 320 deaths at work daily, said Li Yizhong, head of the State Administration of Work Safety.
Yet with almost 110,000 work deaths this year, that is still a fall of more than a tenth on 2005, Li told a news conference.
"China is such a large country, and a developing one at that, with 1.3 billion people and is in a rapid pace of industrialisation, so accidents happen easily and cannot be avoided," he added.
"In the next 10 or 20 years, it will be a development opportunity period as well as a time for very obvious contradictions," said Li, who admitted he felt a heavy burden in dealing4 with China's horrendous5 safety issues.
"The situation is generally stable and improving, but still serious. I have to say both of these sentences," he said. "We will not be successful overnight."
Fatal accidents occur almost daily in Chinese mines as safety regulations are ignored and production is pushed beyond safe limits in the rush to get rich. Local officials often turn a blind eye in exchange for a cut of the profits.
State media on Thursday said that two mine owners in the southern province of Guangdong had been jailed for 11 years and 10 years respectively for a colliery flood that killed 121 people in August 2005.
"The background of some accidents is that dereliction of duty, exchanging favours for money, collusion between business and officials and corruption is quite serious," said Li, who has been reported to pound his desk in anger at mine disasters.
To deal with them, the government will have closed more than 2,500 small and unsafe coal mines this year and about the same next year, said Zhao Tiechui, head of the coal mine safety administration.
Li added that with coal prices high -- the black mineral powers more than half of China's booming economy -- the danger now was that greed would mean bosses reopened closed mines.
Despite the mine closures, national coal output would still rise more than eight percent this year, Li said.
"Grassroots officials have a lot of problems and have made them known, like what will we do if supplies get tight after small mines are closed? Will GDP fall? What about jobs? How will people eat?" he asked.
"You have to help them solve these problems, and tell them how other places have coped. The majority of local officials are well-intentioned, and will increasingly come round to upholding the central government's direction," Li said.
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lauded
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| v.称赞，赞美( laud的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- They lauded the former president as a hero. 他们颂扬前总统为英雄。 来自辞典例句
- The nervy feats of the mountaineers were lauded. 登山者有勇气的壮举受到赞美。 来自辞典例句
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corruption
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| n.腐败，堕落，贪污 |
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- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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recalcitrant
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| adj.倔强的 |
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- The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.这所大学把几个反抗性最强的示威者开除了。
- Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant animals.驴被认为是最倔强的牲畜。
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dealing
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| n.经商方法，待人态度 |
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- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
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| adj.可怕的，令人惊惧的 |
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- He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。
- The mining industry in China has a horrendous safety record.中国的煤矿工业具有令人不安的安全记录。
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