The State Council issued the \"Comprehensive Plan for the Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals\" – Registration of hazardous chemicals is given particular emphasis

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On December 6, the General Office of the State Council officially released the \"Comprehensive Plan for the Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals\" (hereinafter referred to as the \"Plan\"). The Plan specifies that over the next three years (December 2016 – November 2019), comprehensive safety management efforts for hazardous chemicals will be carried out across the country in three phases. The aim is to thoroughly implement the various important decisions and directives issued by **** and the State Council regarding the improvement of work safety, to draw lessons from the extremely serious fire and explosion accident that occurred on August 12, 2015, at the Ruihai Company’s hazardous materials warehouse in Tianjin Port, to build on the results of the special actions and targeted reforms undertaken in recent years to enhance the intrinsic safety of hazardous chemicals, to strengthen overall safety management for such chemicals, to effectively prevent and control major accidents involving them, and to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property. The \"Comprehensive Safety Management Plan for Hazardous Chemicals\" specifies the responsibilities for the comprehensive safety management of hazardous chemicals and assigns them to various ministries and departments. The entire governance framework is divided into 10 main areas, which are further broken down into 40 specific points: comprehensive assessment of safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals, comprehensive identification of risks ； Focus on inspecting major hazard sources. Effectively prevent and curb major accidents involving hazardous chemicals; strengthen the control of high-risk chemicals ； Strengthen the control of major hazard sources involving hazardous chemicals ； Strengthen risk management and control in chemical industrial parks, areas with high risks associated with hazardous chemicals, and hazardous chemical storage areas ； Fully launch the project to relocate hazardous chemical manufacturing enterprises in densely populated areas ； Strengthen safety management and control of hazardous chemical transportation ； Consolidate the achievements of the campaign to address safety hazards in oil and gas pipelines. Improve the regulatory system for hazardous chemicals, and further refine and enhance the **regulatory responsibility framework** ； Establish a more effective coordination mechanism ； Strengthen the responsibility of industry regulatory authorities for the safe management of hazardous chemicals. Strengthen the legal governance of hazardous chemicals safety and improve the legal framework ； Improve the management system for safety standards related to hazardous chemicals ； Formulate and improve relevant standards. Strengthen source control measures such as planning and layout as well as access requirements, and coordinate the formulation of plans ； Standardize industrial layout ； Strict safety access control ； Strengthen the management of the design and construction quality of hazardous chemical construction projects. Promote enterprises to fulfill their primary responsibilities in accordance with the law, and strengthen the implementation of laws and regulations related to work safety ； Strictly implement the requirements for \"one document per item\" (i.e., SDS and safety labels) ； Promote strong safety through technology ； Deeply advance the standardization of work safety ； Strictly regulate law enforcement inspections ； Hold those responsible accountable in accordance with the law ； Establish and implement a “blacklist” system ； Strictly regulate the disposal of hazardous waste. Vigorously enhance the safety protection capabilities for hazardous chemicals and strengthen the development of regulatory capabilities for their safety ； Make active use of social forces to support the safe supervision of hazardous chemicals ； Strict supervision of third-party service agencies engaged in safety and environmental assessment, etc ； Learn from international best practices to prevent major and severe accidents. Strengthen the informatization of safety supervision for hazardous chemicals and improve the registration system for such chemicals ； Establish a national information sharing platform for hazardous chemicals ； Build a national internet platform for public services related to the safety of hazardous chemicals. Strengthen emergency rescue efforts for hazardous chemicals and further standardize emergency response requirements ； Increase financial support ； Strengthen the development of specialized emergency response capabilities for hazardous chemicals ； Strengthen the management of emergency plans for hazardous chemicals. Strengthen safety education and training on hazardous chemicals, and make significant efforts to promote awareness of hazardous chemical safety ； Strengthen the training of management professionals in the chemical industry ； Accelerate the training of workers in the chemical industry. Ruixu Technology would like to remind you that, whether it is the \"13th Five-Year Plan for Ecological and Environmental Protection\" and the \"Comprehensive Plan for the Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals\" recently issued by the State Council, or the recent changes in various regulations related to hazardous chemicals over the past six months – such as the consultations on the \"Regulations on the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods\" and the industry standard \"Safety Rules for the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods\" (JT617) – as well as revisions to standards such as the \"Requirements and Technical Specifications for Hazardous Chemical Business Enterprises\" (GB18265-2000) and the \"General Principles for the Storage of Commonly Used Chemical Hazards\" (GB15603-1995; this revision will consolidate GB17914-2013, GB17915-2013, GB17916-2013, and GB15603-1995 into one standard) – along with revisions to Order No. 591 and legislative efforts regarding the \"Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law\", the safety regulations covering the entire life cycle of hazardous chemicals, including their production, use, storage, transportation, and disposal, as well as those related to the storage and transportation of dangerous goods, will continue to be improved and made more comprehensive. Meanwhile, supervision will also become increasingly strict.