Emergency Notice of the Office of the Ministry of Housing and Construction on Organizing the Investigation of Potential Safety Dangers in Housing and Urban-Rural Construction

Release time:

2019-06-05

Office of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction on Organizational Development

Emergency Notice for the Investigation of Potential Safety Dangers in Housing and Urban-Rural Construction

Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Departments of Provinces and Autonomous Regions, Beijing Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Committee, Urban Management Committee, Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau of Urban Management, Tianjin Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Committee, Urban Management Committee, Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Management Committee, Urban Management Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau and Housing Administration Bureau, Chongqing Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Committee, Urban Administration Bureau, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Bureau:

At present, the situation of safe production in housing and urban and rural construction is grim. The collapse of the "5.16" workshop in Changning District of Shanghai and the collapse of the roof of the "5.20" bar in Baise City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region occurred one after another, which resulted in many casualties, bad social impact and extremely painful lessons. In order to implement the decision-making plan of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, draw lessons from accidents profoundly, strengthen risk control and hidden danger remediation, and resolutely prevent accidents from occurring, the following urgent announcements are made on organizing a large-scale investigation of hidden dangers in production safety in housing and urban and rural construction fields:

I. Overall requirements

In-depth implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important directive spirit on safe production, further improvement of political standing, firm adherence to the concept of safe development, adherence to the responsibility of keeping the soil responsible, responsible, responsible, responsible for the soil, courageous to assume and act, earnestly fulfill the responsibility of safety production supervision, and focus on preventing and resolving major safety production Risks, efforts to eliminate and rectify hidden dangers in production safety, resolutely reverse the situation of frequent accidents, and earnestly safeguard social harmony and stability.

II. Key Points of Investigation

(1) New construction, alteration and expansion projects that fail to go through the formalities of construction permit involve decoration and decoration works of altering load-bearing columns, beams and walls.

(2) Privately constructed buildings and facilities shall be put into use without completion and acceptance.

(3) Construction hoisting machinery, high formwork support, deep foundation pit and other dangerous sub-projects on the construction site.

(4) Potential safety hazards in the operation of municipal utilities such as urban gas, water supply, drainage and sewage treatment, heat supply, bridges and the use of dangerous old houses in cities and towns.

III. Relevant Requirements

(1) Strengthen organizational leadership. Local housing and urban and rural construction authorities at all levels should have a deep understanding of the great significance of safety in production in 2019, attach great importance to the investigation and implement it in an extremely responsible manner. Leading groups for the investigation of hidden dangers in production safety, headed by leading comrades in charge, should be set up to formulate detailed work programmes, clarify the division of tasks, strengthen the implementation of responsibilities and organize work rapidly.

(2) Investigate hidden dangers item by item. Local housing and urban and rural construction authorities at all levels should urge all parties to implement the responsibility of the main body of production safety, conscientiously carry out self-inspection and self-correction, and comprehensively establish a hidden danger investigation and management desk account. The hidden dangers of production safety in this area are investigated and rectified one by one, without leaving a building or missing a piece of equipment.

(3) Strengthen accountability. Local authorities in charge of housing and urban and rural construction at all levels should investigate and punish the illegal and irregular acts found in the large-scale investigation strictly and resolutely, especially those enterprises or individuals that fail to formulate corrective measures or implement the requirements for rectification if hidden dangers are detected.

Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction of the People's Republic of China

May 23, 2019

Emergency Notice of the Office of the Ministry of Housing and Construction on Organizing the Investigation of Potential Safety Dangers in Housing and Urban-Rural Construction

The Regulations on Emergency Response to Production Safety Accidents shall come into force on April 1, 2019.

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