The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS; ), reporting to the

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, is the non-ministerial agency of the Government of the People's Republic of China responsible for the regulation of risks to

occupational safety and health Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...

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List of directors

* Li Yizhong (李毅中): February 2005 – March 2008 * Wang Jun (王君): March 2008 – November 2008 * Luo Lin (骆琳): December 2008 – December 2012 *

Yang Dongliang Yang Dongliang (; born January 1954) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in the city of Tianjin in northern China. He has successively served as the vice mayor of Tianjin, and the Director of the State Administration of ...

: December 2012 – August 2015 (fired; convicted of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in prison) *

Yang Huanning Yang Huanning (; born March 1957) is a former Chinese police and security official. He served as Executive Vice Minister of Public Security (minister-rank) from 2008 to 2015, then as Director of State Administration of Work Safety until his dismi ...

: 14 October 2015 – July 2017 (fired)Illegal work practices behind Shanghai high-rise fire: work safety chief - People's Daily Online
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Wang Yupu Wang Yupu (; October 1956 – 8 December 2020) was a Chinese politician and businessman, and a chairman of Sinopec, the world's second-biggest oil refiner. Biography Wang was born in Xinmin, Liaoning, and began his career in the Daqing Oil Fie ...

: September 2017 – incumbent

References

External links

Official website of SAWS

National Workplace Emergency Management Center
(NWEMC) Medical and health organizations based in China Government agencies of China Law enforcement in China Occupational safety and health organizations Safety organizations State Council of the People's Republic of China {{med-org-stub