Liu Jie Emphasizes Strengthening Safety Inspections to Safeguard High-Quality Development

Targeting High-Risk Industries and Facilities Across Zhejiang

Liu highlighted the severe and complex current state of safety production, urging local departments across Zhejiang to tackle high-risk sectors with strict standards, practical measures, and rapid action. Officials must ensure major risks are identified and rectified to prevent extraordinarily large production safety accidents. Priorities include launching targeted crackdowns on fire-prone locations, reinforcing safety governance in old industrial parks, “parks within parks,” and “factories within factories,” alongside implementing strict fire prevention rules in densely populated areas like “nine-small places” and addressing illegal electric bicycle parking or indoor charging habits.

Officials must also secure maritime safety by focusing on vessels, ports, and personnel through intensified enforcement checks on fishing vessels and passenger ferries. The framework requires strengthening collaborative supervision between registration and berthing ports, enforcing shipowner and captain responsibilities, and achieving complete safety training coverage for crew members. Furthermore, authorities must maintain continuous risk management over hazardous chemicals and industrial mining enterprises, enforcing major hazard checkpoint responsibilities and executing rigid safety controls in high-risk industrial segments and mines.

Infrastructure, Tourism, and Weather Emergency Preparedness

The safety directives extend to urban construction and infrastructure, demanding stricter project oversight and protective measures for “city lifelines” such as pipe networks, bridges, tunnels, and water or gas supply facilities. For the upcoming holidays, authorities are directed to oversee tourist special equipment like cable cars and ropeways, enforce maximum visitor capacity limits at scenic spots, and draft comprehensive emergency evacuation plans for all public events.

Natural disaster defenses form another core pillar of the provincial deployment. Liu mandated rolling forecasts and early warnings for extreme weather, alongside regular inspections of risky mountain ponds, reservoirs, and geological hazard spots to strengthen forest fire prevention and natural disaster response capabilities. The meeting was presided over by Xu Wenguang, with attendees including Zhang Yanyun, Yao Gaoyuan, Hu Wei, Yang Qingjiu, He Zhongwei, Yin Xuequn, Du Duliang, and Shen Mingquan.

Zhejiang deploys safety checks targeting transport and tourism sectors

What prompted the recent safety deployment in Zhejiang?

The deployment followed the conclusion of a national safety production video meeting on the afternoon of Aug. 28, prompting the Zhejiang sub-venue to implement those guidelines locally under the direction of Governor Liu Jie.

Which specific transportation and tourism sectors are targeted for heightened checks?

Authorities are targeting fishing boats, passenger ferries, heavy transport vehicles, hazardous material carriers, and tourist special equipment such as ropeways and cable cars, alongside enforcing scenic spot capacity limits.

Who presided over and attended the provincial safety meeting?

The meeting was presided over by Xu Wenguang, with officials including Zhang Yanyun, Yao Gaoyuan, Hu Wei, Yang Qingjiu, He Zhongwei, Yin Xuequn, Du Duliang, and Shen Mingquan in attendance.