The Work Safety Administration is holding a meeting; I wonder if there are any good news regarding work safety certifications.

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**Notice from the State Administration of Work Safety regarding the Convening of a National Work Safety Conference, Document No. Mingdian [2011]1: To all relevant units: **The State Administration of Work Safety has scheduled to hold a National Work Safety Conference in Beijing from January 13 to 14, 2011. The relevant matters are notified as follows: 1. Main contents of the meeting: To thoroughly implement the decisions made at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Party, the Central Economic Work Conference, the plenary session of the State Council’s Safety Committee, and the National Television and Telephone Conference on Work Safety; to summarize the work done in the field of work safety during 2010 and the 11th Five-Year Plan period; to outline the plans for work safety during the 12th Five-Year Plan period and in 2011; and to put forward requirements regarding work safety before and after the Spring Festival, as well as during the ** period. II. Participants in the meeting: Directors of the Work Safety Supervision Bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as those of cities at the vice-provincial level; the main Party and administrative leaders of the provincial coal mine safety supervision bureaus; and directors of the coal mine safety supervision branches in Beijing and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (in those units where the Work Safety Supervision Bureau and the coal mine safety supervision agency share offices, or where one person holds both positions as the head of the Work Safety Supervision Bureau and the coal mine safety supervision agency, only one representative will attend). The main leaders of the coal mine safety supervision and coal industry management departments in the coal-producing provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (in those cases where related departments share offices, only one representative will attend) ； Some officials in central state-owned enterprises responsible for work safety, as well as some key executives of coal enterprises ； Some university presidents, officials in charge of work safety in key coal-producing cities and regions, and representatives from coal mine safety inspection bureaus. **Members of the Party Leadership Group of the State Administration for Work Safety and members of the leadership team of the **Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau ； **The principal officials of various departments under the General Administration of Work Safety and the **Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, **Work Safety Inspectors and **Coal Mine Safety Inspectors, the head of the Emergency Command Center and its various departments, as well as the principal officials of the Mine Rescue Command Center ； **The main Party and administrative leaders of the various directly affiliated institutions under the State Administration for Work Safety, as well as the secretaries-general of various associations. Invite the General Office of the State Council and the Organization Department of the CPC to send representatives to attend the meeting. Invite the liaison officer of the State Council Safety Committee to attend the meeting. Journalists from news organizations such as Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China Central Television, China National Radio, China International Radio, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, Workers’ Daily, Legal Daily, Outlook Weekly, China Safety Production News (China Coal News), and the website of the **State Administration for Work Safety** were invited to attend the event for reporting. Details on the participating organizations and the allocation of representative quotas are provided in the attachment. III. Registration Time for the Conference: Attendees are requested to register by 11 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2011. The State Council plans to hold a national teleconference on work safety on the afternoon of January 12 (subject to the conference notice issued by the General Office of the State Council), and all representatives attending the national work safety conference will be in Beijing at that time. IV. Meeting Venue: Beijing West Suburbs Hotel (Address: No. 18 Wangzhuang Road, Haidian District, Beijing) ； Switchboard: 010-62322288). V. Other Matters 1. The work safety supervision bureaus of the relevant provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are requested to forward this notice to the provincial coal mine safety supervision and coal industry management departments, as well as the work safety supervision bureaus of sub-provincial cities, key coal-producing cities, and relevant coal enterprises in their respective regions, and to handle the unified registration of the participants. 2. All units are requested to fax the list of conference representatives (including unit name, name, gender, ethnicity, position, and contact information) to the duty room of the General Office of the **Safety Supervision Administration by 5:00 p.m. on January 6. Contact numbers: 010-64463200, 64214613; Fax numbers: 010-64237417, 64463220; Password machine numbers: 010-3566 (for fax), 2933. 3. Following the conclusion of the National Work Conference on Work Safety, a symposium on deepening the efforts to achieve excellence and on the development of the teams at the coal mine safety supervision bureaus was held on the morning of January 15th. The principal officials of the provincial safety supervision bureaus and coal mine safety inspection bureaus, as well as the heads of the personnel departments (please report after 16:00 on January 14), and representatives from the coal mine safety inspection branches ； **Members of the Party Leadership Group of the State Administration for Work Safety and members of the leadership team of the **Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau ； The principal officials of various departments in the General Administration and the Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, **Work Safety Inspectors** and **Coal Mine Safety Inspectors**, the head of the Emergency Command Center along with the principal officials of its various departments, and the head of the Mine Rescue Command Center ； The principal Party and administrative leaders of the various directly affiliated institutions under the General Administration, as well as the secretaries-general of various associations, attended the symposium. Further details will be notified separately. Attachment: Allocation of Meeting Delegates **General Administration of Work Safety, January 6, 2011