On October 12, China Minmetals held the fourth meeting of its Workplace Safety Committee in 2026. Chen Dexin, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals and Chair of the Workplace Safety Committee, presided over and addressed the meeting. Zhu Kebing, Deputy Party Secretary, Director and President of China Minmetals and Vice Chair of the Workplace Safety Committee, together with other members of the leadership team, attended the meeting.

The meeting conveyed and studied General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on workplace safety, and heard a briefing on the work of China Minmetals’ workplace safety in the third quarter and proposals for the follow-up arrangements of key tasks.

The meeting noted that production tasks for the fourth quarter have entered a critical phase, characterized by tight schedules, heavy workloads and mounting pressure. With temperatures dropping, extreme weather events such as rain, snow, strong winds and freezing conditions are occurring more frequently. Meanwhile, some overseas regions are entering their rainy and flood seasons, giving rise to intertwined and compounding workplace safety risks.

The meeting put forward the following requirements: to have an in-depth understanding of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions and instructions on workplace safety, earnestly strengthen the sense of mission, responsibility and urgency in carrying out work on workplace safety, firmly establish the philosophy of putting the people and their lives above all else, and balance high-quality development with high-level safety through a reverent attitude and pragmatic measures. China Minmetals must fulfill its duties with an ever-present sense of responsibility and effective execution grounded in a clear understanding of every task, prioritize early risk prevention and systematic risk management, and foster a sound environment for joint efforts and coordinated oversight. China Minmetals must adopt a problem-oriented approach, keep a close watch on risk prevention and control in key workplace safety areas, strictly regulate the management of outsourced work, ensure rules are not merely posted on walls but implemented on‑site, and secure the implementation of measures through rigorous supervision. It must strengthen accountability, apply lessons from one case to all similar cases, prioritize key tasks and consolidate responsibilities in implementation, so that all workplace safety arrangements are carried out fully and produce tangible results without compromise.

Steering group members of the Workplace Safety Committee of China Minmetals attended the meeting.