Regulations on Emergency Response to Production Safety Accidents Decree No. 708 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China The Regulations on Emergency Response to Production Safety Accidents have been adopted by the 33rd Standing Meeting of the State Council on December 5, 2018, and are now promulgated for implementation on April 1, 2019. Premier Li Keqiang 2019February 17th 2013 Regulations on Emergency Response to Production Safety Accidents Chapter I General Provisions Article 1In order to standardize the emergency work of production safety accidents and ensure the safety of people's lives and property, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Safety Production Law of the People's Republic of China and the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China. Second articleThese Regulations shall apply to the emergency work of production safety accidents; if there are other provisions in laws and administrative regulations, their provisions shall apply. Third articleThe State Council unifiedly leads the emergency work of production safety accidents throughout the country, and the local people's governments at or above the county level unifiedly leads the emergency work of production safety accidents within their respective administrative areas.If emergency response to production safety accidents involves more than two administrative regions, the people's governments at the next higher level in the relevant administrative regions shall be responsible for it, or the people's governments at the next higher level in the respective administrative regions shall be responsible for it. The emergency management departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and other departments (hereinafter referred to as departments with responsibility for supervision and management of production safety) shall, within their respective spheres of responsibility, do a good job in emergency response to production safety accidents in relevant industries and fields. The emergency management departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall guide and coordinate the emergency response of production safety accidents of other departments responsible for supervision and administration of production safety of the people's governments at the same level and of the people's governments at lower levels. The local people's governments of townships, towns and sub-district offices shall assist the relevant departments of the people's governments at higher levels in fulfilling their responsibilities for emergency response to production safety accidents according to law. Fourth articleThe production and business operation units shall strengthen the emergency work of production safety accidents, establish and improve the responsibility system for the emergency work of production safety accidents, and the principal responsible persons shall be fully responsible for the emergency work of production safety accidents of their own units. Chapter II Emergency Preparedness Fifth articlePeople's governments at or above the county level and their departments responsible for the supervision and administration of production safety, and the local people's governments of townships, towns and sub-district offices shall identify and evaluate risks in light of the characteristics and hazards of possible production safety accidents, formulate corresponding emergency rescue plans for production safety accidents, and publish them to the public according to law. A production and business operation entity shall identify and evaluate the risks of production safety accidents that may occur in accordance with their characteristics and hazards, formulate corresponding emergency rescue plans for production safety accidents, and publish them to its employees. Sixth articleEmergency rescue plans for production safety accidents shall comply with relevant laws, regulations, rules and standards, be scientific, pertinent and operable, and clearly stipulate emergency organization system, division of responsibilities and emergency rescue procedures and measures. In any of the following circumstances, the formulating units of emergency rescue plans for production safety accidents shall timely revise the relevant plans: (1) Significant changes have taken place in the laws, regulations, rules and standard