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The Political Economy of China's Dramatically Improved Coal Safety Record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2021

Tim Wright
Tim Wright*
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School of Humanities, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Email: T.Wright@Sheffield.ac.uk.
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Abstract

China's coal safety has improved dramatically since 2003. This article will present the official data and conclude that it is almost impossible that the figures conceal a situation where there has not been remarkable improvement. Structural factors including China's level of economic development, changes in the labour market and the economic health of the industry have played an important role, but state commitment and policies have been central at least to the speed and magnitude of the improvement.

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摘要

自2003 年以来，中国的煤矿安全得到了明显的好转。虽然官方的数据有时并不完全可靠，但好转是无疑的。结构性的因素比如中国经济的发展水平，劳动力市场的变化，以及煤炭工业的健康发展都起了重要性的作用。但是最为关键的还是政府的关注与政策。它们对好转的速度与幅度是起着决定性的作用。

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work safetymining accidentsChinese statereliability of Chinese statisticsinvestigative journalismsafety culturemechanization of mining安全生产煤矿事故中国国家能力中国官方统计的可靠性调查新闻业安全文化采煤机械化
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The China Quarterly , Volume 249 , March 2022 , pp. 91 - 113
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