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The article discusses about the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council's Three-Year Special Rectification Action Plan on Production Safety.

The article informs that Office of Work Safety Commission of the State Council will organize activities to help enterprises reduce major risks and prevent production safety accidents and mentions activities including production safety open class.

The article examines the 1-TAG, an identification label for consumer products created in part by the advertising agency Leo Burnett to allow consumers in China to detect counterfeit products. The tag allows users to authenticate a product at every stage of its manufacture and distribution in order to prevent counterfeiting and to allow consumers to authenticate products.

The article reports that China is introducing regulations for frontal impacts based on ECE R94 regulation for the protection of occupants against lateral collision. China also plans to introduce recommended regulations for pedestrian safety which is based on global technical regulations. Frank Zeng, technical director at Autoliv Inc., says that most new vehicles have front airbags in 2007 compared to 2001, where only a few global original equipment manufacturers' cars have front airbags.

The article reports on the tire safety training conducted by Michelin Tire Safety Action in Shandong Province, China on September 23, 2008. The training constitutes guidelines in the use and the proper protection of tires and safety precautions in driving. The company has been profiled to provide driving safety through its technological renovations.

The article reports that the sulfur recovery unit in CNPC Kramay Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has conducted a successful wet commissioning on September 17, 2007 in China. Through the activity, the problem of acidic gas pollution that has affected the development of the company has been solved completely. A brief description regarding the unit is included.

The article reports that Zhao Baoqing, spokesman at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D. C., has announced the plan of the Chinese government to require that all food exports be inspected before they leave the country. Baoqing states that China will intensify food safety supervision and punish all those responsible for supplying tainted food. The announcement was made because of several instances of contaminated food from China found in the U.S.

The article reports on the move by the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) to consolidate the mining operations of 15 minerals into fewer, larger groups in China. The move is to improve both efficiency and safety at the facilities. China's economy grew 10.7% in 2006, the fastest pace in 11 years, increasing its requirements for raw materials and creating pressure to improve the performance of its mining industry. Mining industry consolidation would cut mine numbers from an existing 120,000 mostly small-scale mines owned by individuals.

This article reports that a nationwide rectification to the highway transportation of hazardous chemicals will be conducted from May 10, 2005 to the end of September 2005 to solve the prominent safety problems in the highway transportation of hazardous chemicals in China. This is an effort to minimize the death and injury of persons and the loss of properties caused by the leakage and explosion of hazardous chemicals in accidents in China.

If your family is anything like mine they are concerned for your safety whenever you travel overseas, or even on a long domestic trip. You'll see me at the usual industry events, both here and overseas. As I write this, a report from Reuters indicated that researchers in Germany found a weakness in the SARS virus and said a drug being tested against the common cold could be modified to battle the deadly illness. TWICE MENTIONED: Thomson has“restricted all travel to and from the Hong Kong, Singapore and China region unless it is very necessar for business.