**Several Opinions of the State Administration of Work Safety on Promoting Innovation in Work Safety Technology (An Jian Zong Ke Ji [2016] No. 100)

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**Several Opinions of the State Administration of Work Safety on Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation in Work Safety, Anjian Zong Keji [2016] No. 100: To the Work Safety Bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; to the provincial-level coal mine safety supervision bureaus; to various departments and offices of the State Administration and the coal mine safety supervision bureaus; to the Emergency Command Center; and to relevant directly affiliated institutions and social organizations: In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the National Science and Technology Innovation Conference, accelerate progress in original scientific research and technological innovation in areas such as accident prevention, control of occupational disease hazards, emergency rescue, and supervision and law enforcement in the field of work safety, and promote safe development of the economy and society, the following opinions are put forward. I. Guiding Principles and Work Objectives (1) Guiding Principles. It is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the series of important speeches by ****, firmly establish the concept of safe development, vigorously promote the idea of innovation-driven development, comprehensively enhance the capacity for scientific and technological innovation in safety production, adhere to reform and innovation, focus on solving problems, strengthen the scientific and technological foundation, create a favorable environment for such innovation, and carry out in-depth efforts to address major technical challenges in safety production as well as to transform and apply relevant achievements. This will help to effectively improve the ability to prevent and control safety production risks, providing strong scientific and technological support and guarantees for curbing the frequent occurrence of serious accidents and promoting a continuous and stable improvement in the situation of safety production. (II) Work objectives. By 2020, it is aimed to have a number of ** key laboratories, regional key laboratories, and R&D testing bases established and in operation. New progress will be made in the theoretical research on safety production, significant breakthroughs will be achieved in the study of the mechanisms behind major accidents, the quantity and quality of original scientific and technological achievements will improve steadily, technologies for preventing disasters, accidents, and occupational diseases as well as for risk control will become more advanced, the scientific and technical aspects of safety supervision, inspection, law enforcement, and emergency rescue will be greatly enhanced, the scientific nature and timeliness of accident investigation and handling will be further improved, the structure of the workforce in the field of scientific and technological innovation will become more rational, the safety industry will continue to develop, and a scientific and technological innovation system for safety production that is suited to economic and social development will be basically established. As a result, the capacity of scientific and technological innovation to ensure the safe development of the economy and society will be significantly strengthened. II. Consolidate the foundation for innovation in work safety technology (III) Promote the development of platforms for innovation in work safety technology. Continuously improve the scientific and technological support system for work safety, give full play to the roles of existing research centers for the supervision of occupational disease hazards and safety technologies in mines, non-mine industries, and workplaces, accelerate the establishment of 13 laboratory centers for safety assessment and verification of new mining equipment and materials, as well as **safety engineering technology experiment and R&D bases. Organize the construction of 8 laboratories for analyzing and identifying mine accidents and occupational disease hazards, and set up a number of new scientific and technological innovation platforms and comprehensive support bases for work safety in key sectors such as metal smelting, hazardous chemicals, urban safety, fireworks, and occupational disease hazards. Additionally, efforts are being made to establish **work safety laboratories. By building a number of specialized laboratories that reach domestic advanced standards and are capable of providing technical services to the respective provincial administrative regions, relying on the leading research institutes and technology centers with solid foundations within those regions, it is possible to create a core force for regional innovation in safety production technologies. These laboratories will focus on conducting research and development in safety production, facilitating the transfer of achievements, promoting relevant technologies, carrying out accident detection and assessment, and conducting evaluations of safety technologies. (IV) Guide enterprises in building capabilities for innovation in safety production technology. Give full play to the role of enterprises as the main drivers of innovation, adhere to the unity of economic and social benefits, and encourage enterprises above a certain scale, especially central enterprises and key local state-owned enterprises, to increase investment in safety-related technology, and to establish technology centers, engineering centers, laboratories, and testing stations. Small and medium-sized enterprises are encouraged to engage in mutually beneficial cooperation with renowned research institutions and universities, to jointly establish platforms for technological innovation and to create integrated platforms that combine industry, academia, research, and application efforts. This helps to translate university-based research results into practical applications and enhances the technological capabilities needed for safe production in enterprises. Support and encourage enterprises to integrate technological innovation with production practices, accelerate the adoption of advanced safety production technologies and equipment, and enhance their ability to prevent production safety accidents and occupational disease hazards. III. Strengthening scientific and technological efforts in work safety (V) Enhancing innovation in the fundamental theories of work safety. Taking research on the basic theories of safe development, safety supervision, and accident prevention as a starting point, increase investment in basic research on work safety, and organize the implementation of a number of research projects on these basic theories. Focusing on a long-term mechanism for safe production, theoretical research is conducted on aspects such as development strategies for safe production, regulations and standards, safety behaviors, safety culture, safety economics, the safety industry, safety management, and supervision and law enforcement, in order to provide scientific guidance for safety supervision and inspection as well as for enterprises’ safe production. Focusing on the identification of typical major accident risks, the mechanisms behind disaster occurrence, the evolution processes, and the coupling of multiple disasters in industrial, mining, and commercial enterprises, research is carried out on topics such as the dynamic mechanisms underlying coal and rock disasters in deep mining, the mechanisms by which hidden geological anomalies cause disasters in coal and rock formations, the theories for safe mining of extremely large and deep metal and non-metal mines, the mechanisms of disaster occurrence under the combined effects of high stress and multiple factors in tailings, the mechanisms and evolution patterns of explosions caused by typical flammable and explosive hazardous materials under the influence of multiple coupled factors, the mechanisms of disaster occurrence and evolution resulting from the coupling of multiple types of disasters within underground utility tunnels, and the mechanisms of combustible dust explosions. These studies aim to uncover the patterns of occurrence and development of various types of disasters. (VI) Advance research on key common technologies for safe production. Establish a proactive, preventive research and development mechanism for safety in production, and make active efforts to carry out research on key common technologies for ensuring safety in production as well as the development of advanced intelligent equipment through various **scientific and technological programs (special projects, funds, etc.). In the mining sector, efforts are focused on the research and development of key technologies and equipment such as dynamic intelligent detection of hidden hazard factors in coal mines, support systems for soft-rock tunnels, prevention and control of major disasters in ultra-deep mines, safety technologies for intelligent coal mining, safety monitoring and early warning systems for high and steep slopes in open-pit mines, monitoring and early warning systems for dam failures in large tailing ponds, prevention and control of accidents in offshore oil and gas extraction, and Internet of Things applications for safe mining operations. In the field of hazardous chemicals, research and development are focused on key technologies and equipment for preventing and controlling multi-hazard coupled accidents in chemical industrial parks, preventing and controlling explosion accidents involving typical chemicals, providing early warnings and measures for accidents involving major hazard sources, And ensuring safety during the road transport of hazardous chemicals. In industries such as metallurgy, efforts are focused on the research and development of key technologies and equipment for preventing accidents related to high-temperature molten metals, as well as for controlling dust explosions. In the field of prevention and control of occupational disease hazards, efforts are focused on the research and development of protection technologies and equipment against occupational hazards such as dust, toxins, noise, and vibration in workplaces. In the field of urban safety, efforts are focused on the research and development of technologies and equipment for ensuring the safe operation of municipal pipeline networks (underground utility tunnels) as well as for conducting safety risk assessments in urban areas. In the field of emergency rescue, efforts are focused on providing emergency response services for mine accidents, hazardous chemical incidents, and urban safety accidents, as well as on the research and development of pre-hospital medical treatment technologies and equipment. (7) Overcome the technical challenges that are urgently needed to ensure safe production. Adhering to a problem-oriented approach, we strengthen the analysis of the technical causes of frequent occurrences of similar accidents as well as major and severe production safety incidents. For technical challenges that require urgent resolution, we adopt a top-down approach by organizing research teams and pooling superior resources to tackle them. Recently, efforts have been focused on overcoming technical challenges in areas such as automated coal extraction in fully mechanized mining faces in coal mines, real-time exploration while tunneling progresses in fast-excavation faces, unattended operation of main transportation systems along with robotic inspections; unattended operation of hazardous positions in metal and non-metal mines, detection of unknown voids; control of heat-related issues and monitoring of ground pressure in extremely deep mines; collision prevention in trackless transportation; intelligent detection and monitoring of leaks in long-distance oil and gas pipelines; efficient extinguishing of leaks from hazardous chemicals; collision prevention for vehicles carrying passengers, goods, and hazardous materials; and ensuring the safety of urban underground pipeline networks.