State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS)
| Director: | Wang Jun |
| Vice Directors: | Wang Xianzheng Yang Yuanyuan Zhao Tiechui Wang Dexue Sun Huashan Liang Jiakun Zhao Anqing |
| Address: | 21 Hepingli Beijie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100713 |
| Telephone: | 86-10-6446-3685 |
| Facsimile: | 86-10-6446-3382 |
| Website: | www.chinasafety.gov.cn |
| Departments: | General Office; Policies and Regulations; Science and Technological Planning; Coordination; Statistical Planning; No. 1 Department of Supervision; No. 2 Department of Supervision; Safety; Personnel and Training; CCP Committee; Bureau of Retired Officials; General Coal Mine Safety; Coal Mine Safety Supervision; Coal Mine Safety Investigation; Coal Mine Safety Equipment; Coal Mine Safety Administration |
- Draft laws, administrative regulations, and technical standards on work safety;
- Analyze the work safety environment; propose national work safety plans; and instruct, coordinate, and supervise special safety supervision work conducted by relevant departments;
- Supervise mine safety;
- Disseminate information on work safety nationwide, including publishing statistics of casualties in accidents across China and organizing and coordinating investigation and handling of major accidents;
- Oversee training and implementation of work safety technology
SAWS has operated as an independent office reporting directly to the State Council since March 2003. SAWS, initially founded in 1998 after absorbing the responsibilities of work safety supervision from the former Ministry of Labor, previously reported to the former State Economic and Trade Commission. The current office is paired with the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, which was established to assume the safety responsibilities of the former State Administration of Coal Industry in 1999.
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