Luo Lin (骆琳), Director of the State Administration of Work Safety

"We must effectively prevent and firmly stop serious accidents, further reduce the total number of accidents and occupational hazards, and fully promote the continuing steady improvement in the situation of safety in production across the country."

Luo Lin at the National Safety in Production Conference on Jan 14, 2012

Key phrases: Preventing accidents and decline of accident rate

Core concerns: According to statistics by SAWS, there were a total of 347,728 accidents across the country in 2011, resulting in 75,572 deaths. That represents 3,980 people less fatalities than in 2010. The government’s aim of continually reducing the total number of accidents has almost been achieved.