In the first quarter, the total number of production safety accidents in China decreased significantly.

The journalist learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management on the 22nd that the total number of production safety accidents in China in the first quarter has significantly decreased, with the safety situation in most regions and industries significantly improved. Shen Zhanli, the director of the news and publicity department of the Ministry of Emergency Management, introduced that a total of 3,258 production safety accidents of various types occurred nationwide in the first quarter, a year-on-year decrease of 26.7%. There were no particularly serious accidents, but in some regions and industries, there were frequent occurrences of major accidents and major risks. The illegal and unlawful production activities in industries such as mining, chemical industry, fire protection, and fireworks have been on the rise, and the pressure to prevent and control major and serious accidents has further increased. The safety production situation is not optimistic. It is reported that in terms of natural disasters, China mainly experienced low temperature, rain, snow, freezing, snow disasters, wind, hail, earthquakes, drought, floods, forest fires, and geological disasters to varying degrees in the first quarter. The seismic activity in mainland China has decreased compared to the same period in previous years, with no earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above occurring. In addition, the overall drought situation in the country is relatively light, the soil moisture situation is generally suitable, and the forest and grassland fire risk situation is stable in the north and prominent in the south.