KUNSHAN China (Reuters) - China has suspended work at more than 200 factories in an eastern province for safety checks as part of a nationwide review following an explosion at an auto parts plant that killed 75 people, government officials and state media said.
Officials have been ordered to shut all aluminium and magnesium processing factories - and others that generate metal dust - for safety violations, the Jiangsu provincial government said in a statement late on Wednesday.
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