On the morning of October 1, Chen Dexin, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, visited the headquarters duty room to review workplace safety and emergency duty arrangements for the National Day holiday. He joined the holiday duty inspection held via video link by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) and convened a video conference with on-duty personnel across China Minmetals to disseminate and implement the spirit of the inspection without delay. Wang Xingquan, Vice President of China Minmetals, was present.

At the meeting, Chen Dexin commended the staff for their dedication and professionalism while on duty, and relayed and assigned the requirements raised during SASAC’s video inspection of holiday duty. He reiterated the requirements and made further arrangements for emergency duty, workplace safety, and production and business operations during the National Day holiday. He pointed out that China Minmetals must thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions and instructions on workplace safety, earnestly enforce the requirements of the national video conference on workplace safety and the video conference on workplace safety for central SOEs, adhere to the principle of putting the people and their lives above all else, and balance development and security with an ever-present sense of responsibility. He stressed the need to further improve the safety management system built around the implementation of the workplace safety responsibility system, consolidate responsibilities at every level, transmit pressure down the chain, and ensure that safety responsibilities are implemented to the letter down to frontline units, work teams, and individual posts. He called for close attention to key sectors and critical links, including underground mines, tailings storage facilities, smelters, and ongoing construction projects, in-depth risk and hidden-danger investigation and rectification, full-process management of contracted teams, resolute closure of management loopholes, and a solid line of defense for workplace safety. He required strict implementation of the systems for leader-on-duty, shift duty, and information reporting to ensure rapid response, timely and accurate reporting, and efficient and sound handling of major emergencies. He called for scientific production scheduling and coordinated production organization during the holiday, solid progress in mine operation at home and abroad, and in key project construction, so as to keep production and operation smooth and orderly. He urged everyone to foster a pragmatic, results-oriented work style, stay at their posts and fulfill their duties, resolutely guard the bottom line of workplace safety, and deliver tangible outcomes in all production and operation tasks through solid effort and real achievements.

During the dispatch inspection, Chen Dexin conducted video communications with China MCC, Minmetals Mining, Hunan Nonferrous Metals, Minmetals Development, China MCC17 Group and Minmetals Logistics, and heard their briefings on shift duty and leader-on-duty arrangements, workplace safety, emergency duty and key production and operation work. He also inquired about mining operations, smelting operations, project construction, logistics and transport, and the implementation of safety responsibilities. On behalf of the Party Leadership Group of China Minmetals, he extended festive greetings to all cadres and employees both at home and abroad, and sincere regards to frontline cadres and employees staying at their posts for production and construction during the holiday. He reminded everyone to stay alert to and ensure workplace safety, harmony and stability throughout the holiday.

Heads of the General Office and the Safety and Environmental Protection Department of China Minmetals attended the dispatch inspection.