Chinese state councilor stresses workplace safety following deadly mine accidents

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong on Thursday urged efforts to ensure workplace safety and prevent major accidents to facilitate a safe and smooth start of the country's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

The situation of workplace safety has remained generally stable across the country this year, but there have been frequent occurrences of coal mine accidents recently, posing severe challenges and risks, Wang said at a video conference on national workplace safety.