Shanghai has started construction of a US$360m gas grid and industry executives are talking to BP and Royal Dutch/Shell about investing in it, reported Shanghai Daily. The grid, which should be completed by 2004, will distribute natural gas from the East China Sea and from the huge crosscountry pipeline that is also currently being built. […]
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Nuclear power could account for 30 per cent of Guangdong province's total power supply by 2015, up from less than 10 per cent today, said a senior industry executive. Zan Yunlong, chairman of Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, said that the province's power capacity could reach 10,000MW by 2015. Nationally, nuclear power accounts for just 1 […]
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Shanghai to expand urban rail network
Shanghai will spend Yn100bn on rail transport projects in the current five-year plan (2001-05), according to a white paper released by the municipal government. The city intends to build a total of 212km of subway, elevated railway and magnetic railway lines by 2005. The paper predicts that the number of vehicles on Shanghai's roads will […]
During the first half of this year, a total of 53,302 people were killed in 447,234 workplace accidents, Wang Xianzheng, head of the State Administration on Workplace Safety, told a symposium on safety held in July. However, he claimed China's record was starting to improve – apart from civil aviation and road accidents, the number […]
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New law on workplace safety
China's legislature passed a new law on safety at work at the end of June, China Daily said. The new law, which comes into force on November 1, replaces seven laws and 20 regulations, all of which were partial and applicable only to particular industries. It lays down comprehensive principles that can be applied in […]