Premier Wen
Jiabao called for production safety and listened to a report on
last year's audit results Wednesday when he chaired the executive
meeting of the State Council.
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According to the meeting, China's current production safety remains
stark.?Major deadly accidents have occurred frequently in coal
mines and other key industries and have brought great losses of
life and property.
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The meeting suggested seven measures to curb coal mine accidents
and a safety development plan.
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Among these measures, it said efforts have to be made to close down
collieries and pits that are not up to?safety standards,
standardize and streamline coal resources, improve control of coal
mining development projects, and enhance the management of mining
operation as well as law enforcement in mining enterprises.
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The report of the 2004 central budget operation and other fiscal
auditing were also released at the meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency December 22, 2005)