The National Occupational Safety and Health Information Center (ILO/CIS Centre for China)

 1.    General contact information

1.1    Name of the organization:  The National ILO Occupational Safety and Health Information Center (the ILO/CIS  Centre) for China
1.2    Acronym:  CISNCC
1.3    Mailing address:  17 Hui Xin Xi Jie, Chao Yang District, Beijing, China
1.4    Street address:  Hui Xin Xi Jie
1.5    Zip code:  100029
1.6    City/province code:  010
1.7    Telephone number:  (86-10) 64915566-2315 or 2311
1.8    Fax number: (86-10) 64913298
1.9    E-mail address:  ynl@cis-safety-inf.org.cn
1.10  WWW address:  http://www.cis-safety-inf.org.cn

2.    Contact information

2.1    Name and the title of a principal person:  Yang Nailian, Chief
2.2    Telephone number:  (86-10) 64915566-2315
2.3    Fax number:  (86-10) 64914670
2.4    E-mail address:  ynl@cis-safety-inf.org.cn

3.    Responsibilities and activities

3.1    The major responsibilities:

The National CIS-Center for China was founded in 1987. It is responsible for establishing and administering an information network throughout the country, for collecting, systematizing, and storing information on occupational safety and health, for providing strategic and policy-making information to the authorities concerned, and for providing extensive information services or scientific research and training. Its main functions are:

Collect all kinds of documents concerning occupational safety and health, and provide services for reader by computer;

Provide information retrieval services, selective dissemination of information, checking services for the register of research projects, scientific research achievements and consultation service for patent applications by means of traditional methods and by online retrieval system;

Collect and process information, including systematizing information for any special purpose;

Edit information on occupational safety and health, and undertake analyses of research projects and information investigation;

Disseminate information on occupational safety and health in the domestic and abroad by means of information network and other media;

Participate in and organize the activities of exchange information in the fields of occupational safety and health, and process the valued information from other countries and disseminate at home.

3.2    Activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops and seminars:

        China CIS Center organized national seminars of occupational safety and health information network
        (1993);
 
        The Center and ILO/FINNIDA Asia-Pacific Regional Programmeme jointly held the Workshop, the
        theme of which was development of an integrated national occupational safety and health system
        (1994);

        ILO/FINNIDA ASIA-OSH and National CIS-Center for China organized the training course on
        occupational safety and health information systems (1999).

b.     National or international projects:
        Collaboration with the ILO/FINNIDA Asia-Pacific Regional Programme on Occupational Safety and
        Health.

c.     Research activities:
        Attend research activities and promotion of safety culture and prevention of major industrial accidents.

d.     Consulting services:
        Provide consulting services of occupational safety and health information in China and abroad.

4.    Facilities or equipment

Library, computers

5.    Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

5.1   Produced by the Centre:

a.     Newsletter or journal:

World Occupational Safety and Health Information, six issues a year.
It is the first national magazine reporting occupational safety and health information from all over the world. Since its publication in 1994, it has at all times been aiming at reporting world occupational safety and health information and promoting domestic occupational safety and health work. It reports in a timely manner on the new trends of world occupational safety and health development, new practices of safety management, scientific and technical development, accident analysis and news both at home and abroad. The magazine is 4A-size with 36 pages.

b.     Books, training materials, or booklets:

• Directory of Occupational Safety and Health Institutions in China

        c.     Databases or software:

• Database of Directory of Occupational Safety and Health Institutions in China
• Database of Toxic Chemical Substances

5.2    Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.     The Center collects laws, regulations and standards on occupational safety and health:

• regulations of safety production
• collection of OSH regulation in force
• rules of safety operation in the use of chemicals at work

          b.       Statistics on accidents and diseases:
 
                    annual report on occupational accidents and diseases

          c.       Newsletters, journals or periodicals:

The Center has almost 1,000 different periodicals in Chinese, English, German, Japanese, Russian, and also some domestic. These include:

Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety;

• Australian Safety News;
• Canadian Occupational Safety;
• Health and Safety Science Abstracts;
• Health and Safety at Work(UK);
• Professional Safety (USA);
• Occupational Hazards (USA);
• Safety Science (Netherlands);
• Safety (Japan); and
• Sicherheitsingenieur (Germany).

d.      Encyclopaedias and handbooks:

• China Occupational Safety and Health Encyclopedia
• ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety (Third and Fourth edition).

e.      Other books:

about 100 000 books at the Center, including books of social sciences.

          f.       Training materials:
                    training materials for safety and health inspector;
                    training materials of OSH for managers and directors.

g.      CD-ROM databases:

The Fourth Edition of the ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (four printed volumes and the CD-ROM version)
 

The Programme and Development Department, the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau

1.   General contact information

1.1.    Name of the organization: Programme and Development Department
1.2     Acronym:  PDDSPIB
1.3     Mailing address:  Building 16, 4 Qu, An Hui Li, Chao Yang District, Beijing, China
1.4    Street address:  Building 16, 4 Qu, An Hui Li
1.5    Zip code:  100723
1.6    City/Province code:  010
1.7    Telephone number:  (86-10) 64914455-2701
1.8    Fax number:  (86-10) 64915733

2.    Contact information

2.1    Name and the title of a principal person:   Wan Shibo, Director
2.2    Telephone number:  (86-10) 64914455-2701, (86-10) 64915733

3.    Responsibilities and activities

3.1   The major chemical safety responsibilities:

The department assists the State Economic and Trade Commission in managing safety and health in chemical industries:

• Carry out and implement state laws, regulations, standards and policies of safety production of chemicals. Draft and formulate safety standards and regulations in chemical industry;
• Manage and supervise safety production in chemical industries;
• Formulate current, medium and long-term programme for chemical safety production management, develop and promote safety technologies;
• Direct and supervise chemical safety management provincial authorities, autonomous regions, and central the Government governing municipalities;
• Maintain statistics on injuries and fatalities in chemical industries, issue bulletins on chemical safety production trends;
• Carry out investigation and propose follow-up measures on major accidents in chemicals industries;
• Organize occupational safety and health training in chemical industries;
• Organize and coordinate first-aid and rescue work upon chemical accidents;
• Supervise the safety management in handling of hazardous chemicals;
• Monitor medical surveillance on Chemical-related occupational diseases.

4.    Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

4.1   Produced by the department:

Newsletter or journal:  Chemical Safety and Environment (weekly)

4.2   Available chemical safety information sources in general
        Laws, regulations and standards:

• Rules for Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work (12/1996)
• Statistics on accidents and diseases:
• Statistics of injuries and fatalities in chemical industry (monthly, quarterly and yearly )

The China National Chemical Information Centre, the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization: China National Chemical Information Centre, The State Petrochemical Industry Bureau
1.2   Acronym:
1.3   Mailing address:  53, Xiaoguanjie, Anwai, Beijing, China
1.4   Street address: Xiaoguanjie, Anwai
1.5   Zip code: 100029
1.6   City/Province code: 010
1.7   Telephone number:  (86-10) 64422608
1.8   Fax number:  (86-10) 64415052
1.9   E-mail address: webmaster@mail.cncic.gov.cn
1.10 WWW address:  http://www.cncic.gov.cn,   http://www.chemsafety.com.cn

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title a principal person: Yang Jinqing, President
2.2   Telephone number: (86-10) 64444076
2.3   Fax number:  (86-10) 64415052
2.4   E-mail address: yjq@mail.cncic.gov.cn

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1   All units dealing with chemical safety:

• Comprehensive Research Division;
• Organic Information Research Division;
• Inorganic Information Research Division;
• Statistics Information Division;
• Information System Division;
• Journal Publishing Division;
• Documentation Division;
• Chemical Audio/video Publishing Centre; and
• Distribution Division.

3.2   The major chemical safety responsibilities

Comprehensive Research Division:
Its main business scope includes comprehensive information research and editing and publishing of China Chemical Industry Yearbook.

The main tasks are as follows: trace, monitor, study and report on developments and trends of countries and regions advanced in the chemical industry and multinational chemical companies; study issues of macro significance in the development of domestic chemical industry; analyze developments and trends of the domestic chemical industry.

Information Research Division on Organic Chemicals:
Main tasks include the collection, processing, study and reporting of information from the fields of organic chemical industry, refinery, synthetic materials, new chemical industrial materials and chemical industrial materials for the national defence.

The business scope is to provide the clients from home and abroad all kind of consultation services in the fields of chemical products, including:

Information of about 500 chemical products;

SDI tracing and retrieval of information of some chemical products;

Market investigation of chemical products and credit information of Chinese and foreign enterprises;

Providing medium information services for the products and import and export of technology of Chinese and foreign enterprises, especially chemical enterprises of middle and small sizes;

Hosting economic and trade discussion, technology exchange meeting and market discussion;

Providing diagnostic services for enterprises (including operation management, development programme, market location, technological routes and the development of new products);

Publishing various market surveys.

Information Research Division on Inorganic Chemicals:
Main tasks include the collection, processing, study and exchange of relevant information both at home and abroad.

The business scope covers chemical fertilizers and related raw materials, sulfuric acid, chlor-alkali (including products), soda ash, inorganic salts, coal chemical, chemical equipment and corrosion prevention, automation, environmental protection, safety and health and energy conservation.

Statistics Information Division:
Major functions and business scope formulates statistical survey plans and schemes as well as carrying out statistical survey tasks and providing the State Statistical Bureau and relevant departments with necessary data.

The business scope covers:
Conduct statistical survey of the petroleum and chemical industries according to the yearly and monthly statistical report systems designed by the State Statistical Bureau;

Strengthen the statistical foundation work and study and design uniform calculation methods of the chemical industry;

Enhance the quality of statisticians and conduct training courses in statitical business;

Implement the "Law on Statistics" and make inspection on statistical law enforcement;

Complete the work of China Chemical Intelligence and Information Association.

Information System Division (Beijing CHOICE Chemical Information Consultation Co.):
It is a high-tech unit conducting development and application of modern information technologies in the chemical industry and providing various information services. With the completion of a nationwide chemical information network system, the Division has become an information network service centre and information distribution center in domestic chemical sectors.

Journal Publishing Division:
The business scope of the division is to edit and publish chemical journals for nationwide and worldwide circulation and provide consultation services in the chemical industry for domestic and foreign clients.

Documentation Division:
It is an information service unit responsible for the collection, reporting and reading of scientific and technical documents in the chemical industry and related industries. It also provides information services such as inquiry, copying, translation and documentation consultation.

Chemical Audio/Video Publishing Centre (Audio/Video Division)
It mainly provides audio/video services for the chemical industry system and related sectors across China.

The business scope includes the following:
Shooting, editing and post-processing of audio/video products such as TV plays, special subject films, news films, documentary films, scientific and technical films, scientific and educational films, advertisements, TV programmes, MTV and KTV;

Dubbing of dubbed films and TV plays;

Copying and processing of video tapes;

Publishing and distribution of video tapes and electronic publications.

Distribution Division:
It is in charge of the information activities, subscribing and distributing journals and documents.
 

3.3   Chemical safety activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops and seminars:

Assist the State Administration of Petroleum and Chemical Industries to organize the meeting on safe production in chemical industries;

b.     National or international projects:

Organize 1998 International Exhibition of Chemicals (the event to be organized once every two years);

Undertake national activities of awarding questionnaire on chemical safety knowledge;

Publish China Special with the USA.

c.     Research activities:

Undertake research on development strategy of multinational chemical companies in the 21st century;

Carry out comprehensive evaluation of scientific and technical achievements in the chemical industry during the eighth five-year plan period.

d.     Consulting services:

Provide the consulting services on chemical products, information retrieval, marketing survey, hotline response and so on.

4.    Facilities or equipment

The Centre has more than 300 computers as well as advanced telecommunication and LAN equipment.

5.    Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages )

5.1   Produced by the Centre:

a.     Newsletters or journals:

Chemical Safety and Environment

It has developed Chemical Safety and Health News in 1988. It is only weekly magazine of chemical safety and industrial hygiene in China. The amount of distribution each issue has reached 15 000 copies. It will become a regular journal in 1999 and change the title into Chemical Safety and Environment (CN113936/TQ). It will still be a weekly 4A-size magazine with 16 pages. While retaining the original style, the contents will be readjusted to center around the strategy of the sustainable development of the national economy, extent the volume and coverage of safety and environment information, provide more detained analysis of accident cases and add information about use and management of hazardous chemicals, information on foreign experience in safety and health management, as well as new safety technologies and theories.

Chemical Fertilizer Reporter

It is first published in 1989. It mainly reports on principles, policies, regulations and instructions of the state and local governments in the development of the chemical fertilizer industry, experience in chemical fertilizer management, status of chemical fertilizers and their application in agriculture, new chemical products and new chemical technologies. There are 24 issues a year.

Chemical Fertilizer Market Weekly

It is first published in 1995. It is only magazine of an internal consultation nature in China mainly providing services for the chemical fertilizer market. It has won acclaim from many chemical fertilizer enterprises, agricultural departments and other relevant departments. It has provided various circles with a great deal of information on state policies of the chemical fertilizer industry and domestic and foreign trade activities and prices of chemical fertilizers, and played an important role in straightening out and revitalizing the domestic chemical fertilizer market and supporting the agricultural production.

Chemical Equipment and Energy News

It is a semi-monthly internal magazine first published in 1996. It is mainly intended to assist chemical enterprises in equipment, power and energy management. There are 24 issues a year.

China Chemical News

It is a weekly magazine of large-volume comprehensive information. It adheres to the principle of large chemical industry, larger markets and large science and technology and has the features of high quality, high density and high time effect. It reports in and all-round and comprehensive way on chemical policies, economy, science and technology, production, construction, market, supply and demand and prices both at home and abroad. Efforts have been made to enable the journal to become a staff officer in enterprise decision making, an assistant in market planning, a bridge in supply and demand linkage, and adviser in scientific and technical development and a friend in information consultation. It has 24 pages. There are 50 issues a year, published every Monday.

China Chemical Reporter (in English)

It is the first comprehensive English magazine of chemical industry in China. Since its publication in July 1990, it is at all times taken the promotion of economic and trade contacts between domestic and foreign chemical sectors and the linkage of domestic and foreign markets as its aim. It reports in a timely manner on the new development trends in China's chemical industry and introduces the new progress China's chemical industry has made in industrial policies, production and marketing, project construction, scientific and technical development and foreign market promotion. The A4-size magazine has 40 issues a year.

Modern Chemical Industry

It is a comprehensive monthly magazine of chemical industry. It has adhered to the principle of large chemical industry and all-round service and devoted itself to the transformation of scientific and technical achievements into productive forces. It mainly reports on new technologies, new processes, new boundary sciences and high-tech achievements in domestic and foreign chemical sectors. The main columns of the magazine include special papers and comments, technical progress, scientific and technical garden, market research, technical economics, management window, around the world and knowledge dissemination. There are 12 issues a year.

Fine and Special Chemicals

It is a comprehensive semi-monthly magazine of chemical industry. It mainly reports on the progress in production, science and technology, market and application of midstream, downstream and finished chemical products. The contents are comprehensive, informative and practical. It covers feed additives, food additives, paper-making chemical, leather chemicals, surfactants, water treatment agents, oilfield chemicals, textile dyeing and finishing auxiliaries, synthetic material auxiliaries, catalysis, bio-chemicals, functional materials, materials, comprehensive utilization of agricultural and side-line products, pesticides, dyestuffs, coatings, adhesives and pigments, as well as basic organic chemical raw materials and their intermediates. The A4-size magazine has 32 pages. There are 24 issues a year.

New Chemical Materials

It is monthly magazine of chemical industry. It mainly reports on the present status and future developments and trends of new chemical materials both at home and abroad, and introduces new ideas, new concepts, new products, new technologies and new uses in this field with a view to enabling readers to get a whole picture of the development trend of new chemical materials in the world and the progress in China and also acquire new knowledge and new nutrition. As new chemical materials are closely related to the pillar industries of automobiles, electronics, building materials and Petrochemicals, the high and new-tech sectors such as aviation, space flight and national defence, and various other sectors of the national economy such as machine-building, light industry, textiles and daily-use chemicals, the magazine will take the utmost care to provide good services for these sectors.

b.       Books, training materials or booklets:

China Chemical Industry Yearbook (in Chinese and English)

China Chemical Industry Yearbook (formerly World Chemical IndustryYearbook-China Chemical Industry) is composed of three parts:

China chemical Industry: It narrates the development and progress of China's chemical industry in the year of 1993, and the situation of 24 trades, capital construction, scientific research, technical and economic cooperation and exchanges, as well as China's import and export, tariff rates of chemicals, survey of China's chemical industry in 1994 and production target and work emphasis in 1995.

China Chemical industry Statistics: it includes 44 tables, involving in the output of 880 chemical products, as well as output of 210 chemical products of key producers, import and export of major chemical products of China, the import by provinces, and export by destination.

China Chemical Directory:

ISSN 1005-3344

Price: abroad US$100, in Beijing US$80

CN 3427/TQ

Since the establishment of China Chemical Industry Yearbook (CCIY) for over ten years, the Editorial Department of CCIY has accumulated a lot of materials and information. May databases including chemical manufactures, output, import/export, price of chemical products, joint venture and cooperative projects in China have been set up one by one. In addition, the Editorial Department of CCIY perpetually has a close relationship with several hundred authors, most of them are experts from various fields in the chemical industry.

Directory of Chemical Products and Producers in China

The Directory of Chemical Products and Producers in China (hereafter referred to as Directory) is a large retrieval reference book. The Directory is meant to give readers in a systematic way a complete and all round introduction of China's chemical industry-its chemical products and producers. It is, therefore, a useful book for people both at home and abroad, who are working in the fields of market consultation, product development, chemical production, business operation and investment, import and export trade of chemicals.

Since the first edition of this Directory was published, the data, including the names, the telephone numbers, and the products of the producers has changed a lot. In order to give readers the current status of chemical industry of china, we decided to publish the send edition of this Directory.

We keep the framework of the first edition, change some data items, and put additional data in this edition to meet user's requirements. Data given in this Directory are taken from the Database of Chemical Products and Producers in China, which updated timely. All data of second edition were renewed at the end of June in 1995.

The Directory with more than 1400 pages is composed of four parts:

Part one: Chemical Products

It provides about 15,000 chemical products, including chemical name, its code and the codes of the producers producing it. It is arranged in a way based on the classification of chemicals, which is divided into following 18 major categories in accordance with related regulations set by the former Ministry of Chemical Industry of China:

Metals, products of mines; Inorganic Chemicals;

Organic Chemicals; Chemical Fertilizers;

Pesticides; Polymers;

Paints and Inorganic Pigments;

Dyestuffs and organic pigments;

Information Chemicals; Reagents;

Food and Food Additives; Synthetic Drugs;

Daily Use Chemicals; Adhesives;

Rubber Products; Catalysts and Auxiliaries;

Explosives; Other Chemicals.

Part two: Chemical Producers

About 11,000 different types of chemical producers are covered in this directory, including producer's code, name, address, post code, Tel. annual output value (at the end of 1994), and the name of director(s) are also included for some producers.

Part three: Chemical Name Indexes

The indexes of all chemical product names with its codes listed in this Directory, given in alphabetical order.

Part four: Appendixes

The appendixes contain main companies and enterprises in China, engaged in chemical import and export, with name, address, telephone numbers and fax numbers.

PRICE: US$300

Directory of Scientific and Technical Literature in the Chemical Industry

The Directory includes relatively complete scientific and technical literature in chemistry and chemical industry in Chinese and foreign languages in the form of abstracts, brief introductions, and titles.

Literature in Chinese included in the Directory mainly covers internal documents collected and stored by China National Chemical Information Centre and over 30 professional chemical information units under the former Ministry of Chemical Industry. The focus is on internal scientific and technical documents, meeting minutes, production experience summaries and feasibility study reports in the chemical industry.

Literature in foreign languages included in the Directory covers various kinds of documents collected and stored by the China National Chemical Information Center, including documents acquired through different channels, documents about survey tours, technical seminars and technical exchanges, documents provided by the United Nations and other international institutions or foreign enterprises, original foreign books and documents about international conferences.

Chemical Safety Handbook (internal publication)

National Chemical Accident Cases Collection

Statistics of Main Chemical Products in China

It was first published in 1997. It is a supplement to "China Chemical Industry Yearbook" and also an authentic reference book for commercial consultation. It includes two parts of chemical statistical data: production, marketing and inventory of main chemical products and technical and economic indexes of the chemical industry. The first part covers over 1,100 varieties of chemical products and over 6,000 enterprises. The second part covers over 110 main chemical products, each with more than 10 parameters of production consumption.

Collection of National Scientific and Technical Achievements in the Chemical Industry during the Eighth Five-year Plan Period

It includes 5 000 national scientific and technical achievements in the chemical industry from 1991 to 1995.

Chemical Projects with Foreign Investment in China

It includes major chemical projects constructed with foreign investment in China from 1996 to 1998, and also chemical projects constructed in the same period in Asia-Pacific region.

c.       Databases or softwares:

"China Chemical Information Network" (http://www.chemsafety.com.cn)

It is a comprehensive information service system established by the China National Chemical Information Center on the basis of computer and modern telecommunication technologies and covering market, economic, and technical information in the chemical industry.

The system bases itself on a huge amount of authentic and accurate information in technology, economy, market, finance and statistics collected by China National Chemical Information Center and information from Xinhua News Agency as well as various ministries and commissions of the central Government. It meets the needs of different chemical sectors and undertakes the collection, processing, storage and distribution of all kinds of chemical information. It also transmits the latest information to users in an efficient, timely and accurate manner through scanning, database online inquiry, electronic mail and electronic forum, and bridges the two-way contacts between China National Chemical Information Center and various online users and between users and domestic and international information systems.

China Wanwei Chemical City (http://www.chemsafety.com.cn)

It is a large and modern virtual electronic trading center of the Internet. It is a consultation center for information about supply and demand of chemical products, an exposition displaying complete images of enterprises and also an Internet distribution station for chemical commodities in trade.

Database of Chemical Products and Producers in China

It is a major database of the state established by the Division under the leadership of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau and with the support from chemical information centers of chemical departments (bureaus, companies) in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. The database covers information of chemical products, information of producers and information of producers and information of chemical production in china. Since it was launched in 1986, it has experienced many years' expansion and already become a database system of chemical products including over 20,000 chemical producers, 19 categories and over 24,000 varieties of chemical products and over 60,000 pieces of chemical production information. It is a real-time database system of chemical products in china with the greatest number of chemical products and chemical producers. The database has the features of reliable information, accurate data, extensive coverage and excellent time effect. It reflects the basic production status of chemical products in China and is highly acclaimed by production enterprises, research institutes, institutions of higher learning and operating units, as well as foreign companies and foreign-funded enterprises.

Database of Chemical Products and Producers in China

It is one of the major databases for China National Chemical Information Center to provide consultation services for clients, and also one of the online databases provided by China Chemical Information Network. "Directory of Chemical Products and Producers in China" edited on the basis of the database has been published seven times in succession, and has become an authentic information reference book of chemical products and producers in China. Compared with similar domestic publications, it features novelty forms of information collection and reporting, complete varieties of products, accurate information of production enterprises and latest data of products and producers. Compact disks of "Database of Chemical Products and producers in China" is also available to users now.

Database for National Integrated Directory of Original Journals Published in Foreign Countries, Hong Kong and Taiwan in Chemical and Chemical Industry

The database includes 1,948 original journals published in foreign countries, Hong Kong and Taiwan in chemistry, chemical industry and related industries which have been subscribed by 229 domestic units in 1998. The title index of original journals and the title index of their Chinese translation versions are available for an easy inquiry of journals and their collectors.

Database for Titles of Scientific and Technical Documentation in Chemistry, Chemical Industry and Related Industries in China

To facilitate the inquiry of users, the Division has established a database in the form of titles for internal scientific and technical documentation in the chemical industry collected and stored by China National Chemical Information Center and various network members, and magnetic disks can be provided for users on a regular basis.

d.      Other:  Chemical Accident Case Analysis videotapes (18 parts)

5.2    Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.     Laws, regulations and standards:

• Safety management regulation in chemical enterprises;
• Collection of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation; and
• The latest regulations on Occupational Safety and Health in China

b.     Statistics on accidents and diseases:

Report of Major Chemical Accident in Chemical Industry (monthly, quarterly and yearly)

c.     Newsletters, journals or periodicals:

• Chemical Labor Protection
• Petroleum and Chemical Safety Technology
• Labor Protection
• Safe Production Newspaper

d.     Encyclopaedias and handbooks:

• Encyclopaedia of Occupational Safety and Health in China
• Handbook of Dangerous Chemical Substances Safety and Technology Handbook of Safety and Technology for Dangerous Goods Transportation

e.     Training materials:

• Courses of Safety and Health for Labor Protection
• Safety and Health Management Foundation (training materials for workers in Chemical Industries)

f.      Audio-visuals

Chemical Accident Case Analysis (videotapes 18 parts)

Summary of CNCIC

Established in 1959, the China National Chemical Information Center (CNCIC) is a comprehensive information research, service and computer application and development center of chemical industry directly under the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau. It is one of the eight units in the field of scientific and technical literature and information resources with the principal support from the State Commission of Science and Technology, and also one of the ten major research institutions of science and technology in the chemical industry system. The Patent Service Center, the International Exhibition and Exchange Center, the Audio/Video Publishing Center and the Energy Conservation Center within the chemical industry system are also managed by the Center.

CNCIC is staff with a highly qualified research body composed of over 300 competent professionals and covering all disciplines of the chemical industry, More than 100 of them are high-level research workers and experts having long years'

experience in information research and computer application in science, technology, economics, market and management in various chemical sectors. The Center has

more than 300 minicomputers, service computers and microcomputers, as well as advanced telecommunication and network equipment. More than 100 000 books and documents and nearly 1000 latest technical journals in Chinese and foreign languages are collected and stored in the library.

China Chemical Information Network has been established in the Center covering tens of thousands of users across China. It has also set up the most complete and most abundant database groups in the domestic chemical industry system which are interconnected with Internet to provide international on-line retrieval and consultation services for users. The Center publishes more than a dozen technical journals for nationwide and worldwide circulation, monographs and internal documents. These publications have provided a lot of useful and valuable consultation and research achievements to help in both macro decision-making and micro orientation and meet the need of domestic and foreign users. Quite a few achievements have been made in computer application technology of the chemical industry in the fields of system optimization, process control and simulation training.

The Center has been awarded dozens of state and ministerial scientific and technological prizes in the past ten years. It has proposed many valuable suggestions for the drafting of national development programmes and chemical industry development plans at various stages. It has also provided a lot of consultation services for chemical enterprises and institutions. The Center plays a significant role in the development of the chemical industry in China.

 
The Center of Occupational Safety and Health Training, the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization:   The Center of Occupational Safety and Health Training, the State Petrochemical
                                                        Industry  Bureau
1.2   Acronym: TCOSH
1.3   Mailing address:  218, Yan An Third Rd., Qingdao, China
1.4   Street address: Yan An Third Road
1.5   Zip code: 266071
1.6   City/Province code:  0532
1.7   Telephone number:  (86-532) 3862479
1.8   Fax number:  (86-532) 3873376

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title a principal person:  Yang Jianzhong, Director
2.2   Telephone number:  (86-0532) 3873376

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1     All units dealing with chemical safety: Training Centre;   Educational Administrative Office.

3.2     The major responsibilities:

Organizing occupational safety and health training for staffs who are responsible for safety management, safety technique, and teaching.

3.3     Chemical safety activities:

Training courses, workshops and seminars:

Organize training courses of safety management in chemical industry, industrial hygiene management in chemical industry, chemical safety regulations and standards, rules for occupational safety and health, safety technique of fire and explosion control, safety technique of pressure vessels, electrical safety technique, management of dangerous chemical substances, safety system engineering and so on;

Organize seminar of modern safety management, lectures of pressure vessels safety, electrical safety, risk analysis and safety evaluation.

Research activities:

Undertake the pre-evaluation for occupational safety and health of government major construction projects.

4.    Facilities or equipment

          Laboratory, library

5.   Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

5.1   Produced by the Institute:

a.     Books, training materials, or booklets:

• Safety and Health Management Foundation;
• Safety Technique in Small Nitrogenous Fertilize Factory;
• Pesticide Safety Technique.

b.     Databases or softwares:

• Examination Database of Safety and Health in Rubber Industry;
• Training instrument for emulating safety operation in chemical processes.

c.     Other:

• Videotape: Carbon Monoxide Intoxication Rescue;
• Brochure of chemical safety
• Videotape: Chemical Accident Cases (1989-1993)
• Videotape: Lessons from Chemical Accidents (1-4 parts)

 
The Chinese Association for Chemical Safety and Health Technology, the State Petrochemical Industry Bureau

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization:   Chinese Association for Chemical Safety and Health Technology, the State
                                                        Petrochemical Industry Bureau
1.2   Acronym: CACSHT
1.3   Mailing address:  1, Liupukang, 1 Qu, Zhongjie, Xi Cheng district, Beijing, China
1.4   Street address:  Liupukang, 1 Qu, Zhongjie
1.5   Zip code:  100011
1.6   City/Province code:  010
1.7   Telephone number:  (86-10) 62046940
1.8   Fax number:  62018687

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person:  Shi Liu, Acting Director
2.2   Telephone number:  (86-10) 62018687
2.3   Fax number:  (86-10) 62018687

3.    Responsibilities and activities

3.1   The major responsibilities

• Guide authorized work of safety system in chemical enterprises;
• Organize experience exchange of safety and health, undertake safe examination, disseminate information on achievements and promote technical progress;
• Elect and praise good-practice units and individuals;
• Assist related agencies to resolve key problems in safety at work;
• Provide consulting services on technology;
• Organize and edit safety and health training materials, publications and audio-visuals;
• Organize training courses of occupational safety and health;
• Disseminate information on science management of safety and health;
• Organize international and national cooperation and academic exchange on occupational safety and health.

3.2    Chemical safety activities :

a.    Training courses, workshops and seminars:

• Organize training course of health surveillance in chemical enterprises;
• Organize training course for teachers in chlorine and alkali enterprises;
• Organize training course of safety and technology in acetylene manufacturing enterprises;
• Organize training course for new division chiefs of safety departments.

b.     National or international projects:
        Organize and develop new preventive toxicity mask.

c.     Research activities:
        Undertake research on technical problems in chemical enterprises.

d.     Consulting services:
        Provide consulting services on safety and health of new technique and products for member units.

e.     Other:
        Organize large fertilizer factories to go Tai Wan for study.
 

4.    Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

4.1    Produced by the Association:

a.     Newsletter or journal:  Chemical Safety and Environment;
        Chemical Labour Protection

b.     Books, training materials, or booklets:

• Safety Operation and Accident in Chlorine and Alkali;
• Production Safety and Protection;
• Materials related to fire and explosion hazards.

The State Nonferrous Metal Industry Bureau

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization: The State Nonferrous Metal Industry Bureau
1.2   Acronym: SNMIB
1.3   Mailing address:  B 12, Fu Xing Lu, Beijing, China
1.4   Street address: Fu Xing Lu
1.5   Zip code:  100814
1.6   City/Province code:  010
1.7   Telephone number:  (86-10) 63965373
1.8   Fax number:  (86-10) 63965361

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person:  Tao Zunhua, Division Chief
2.2   Telephone number:  (86-10) 63965373

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1   Units dealing with chemical safety:

• Department of Industry Management; and
• Division of Safety and Environment.

3.2   The major responsibilities:

• Implement State regulations on occupational safety and health;
• Prevention of occupational disease, environmental protection in nonferrous metal industry;
• Direct enterprises in occupational safety and health and environmental protection.

3.3   Activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops, and seminars:
        Organize a meeting of occupational safety and health in nonferrous metal industry once a year.

b.     Research activities:
        Organize research activities on safety in nonferrous metal industry.

4.   Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

4.1    Produced by the Bureau:

a.     Databases or software:
        Database of statistics on injuries and fatalities accidents at work

4.2    Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.     Statistics on accidents and diseases:
        Annual statistics information on accidents and diseases

The State Economic and Trade Commission: the China National Petroleum Corporation

1.    General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization: China National Petroleum Corporation
1.2   Acronym: CNPC
1.3   Mailing address:  6, Liu Pu Kang, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
1.4   Street address: Liu Pu Kang
1.5   Zip code:  100724
1.6   City/Province code: 010
1.7   Telephone number:  (86-10) 62094691
1.8   Fax number:  (86-10) 62094704
1.9   WWW address:  www.cnpc.com.cn

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person:   Dong Guoyong, Vice-Director
2.2   Telephone number:  (86-10) 62095407
2.3   Fax number:  (86-10) 62074704

3.    Responsibilities and activities

3.1   All departments/units/sections related to chemical safety:

Division of Safety Supervision
Division of Health

        3.2   The major chemical safety responsibilities:

Enforce government and trade policies, decrees, laws and regulations on safety production and labour protection, and supervise their implementation;

Examine and analyze operations and performances of safety in production in oil and natural gas industry, check various accident reports, audit and approve safety target contracts submitted by the enterprises in this trade, take part in investigations of disasters happened within the industry, study major issues pertaining to safety management and put forward settlement proposals;

Organize safety production inspection within the corporation, supervise actions taken for problems solving and hazards control identified during the inspection;

Carry out the routine work of Safety Committee Office, organize implementation of resolutions and minutes reached by the committee, coordinate the work between Chinese Oil and Natural Gas Trade Society for Labour Protection and the Secretariat of Safety Standardization Committee, modify and formulate technical standards and code of practice on safety in the industry, supervise the implementation in enterprises under the leadership of the Corporation

Supervise the work of institutes for safety technology research under the leadership of the Corporation, be responsible for application and approval of scientific research projects on safety technology and management, stipulate developing plans, organize evaluation for scientific research achievements, and promotion and application of new safety technology and methods;

Promote safety standards and technology for education and training of operators in special operations, and for technical management of boilers, pressure vessels and special equipment;

Develop and perfect managing methods for dangerous posts and sources, coordinate evaluation of "simultaneous designing, simultaneous construction, and simultaneous use of safety facilities" projects;

Be responsible for publicity, promotion and education of safety in production, and for technical training of professional safety officers and operators in special operations in the industry;

Supervise the recording, registration and documentation of boilers, pressure vessels, and special equipment, supervise the organization, implementation and review of annual work plan, safety equipment testing plans as well as those testing plans on a regular base, be responsible for qualification credential granting for those who need the credential;

Circulate accident case report, edit Safety Information newsletter;

Supervise the implementation of counter-measures for dust removal, toxicant control and noise reduction in all enterprises of the industry according to relevant government laws and regulations, implement safety managing system called enterprise safety grading and brass plate hanging based on the grading;

Management of fire fighting (including recreation places), organize education, training and drill on fire prevention and fire fighting, participate investigations, analysis and follow-up settlement of accidents caused by fires;

The professional management of fire brigade, and for the inspection and insurance of fire fighting equipment in the industry

3.2   Chemical safety activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops and seminars:

• health and safety environment (HSE) training course;
• certificate course for safety engineering speciality;
• training course for safety division leaders.

b.     National or international projects:
        Set up an HSE system

c.     Research activities:
 
        Branch Society of Petroleum Industry, Chinese Society for Science and Technology of Labour
        Protection organize research activities of chemical safety.

d.     Consulting services:
        Provide service of assessment of major hazards

4.    Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

4.1   Produced by the Corporation:

a.     Newsletter or journal:
        "Petrochemical Safety and Technology" (six issues a year)
        "Petroleum Industry Safety and Technology" (four issues a year)
        "Safety Information" (four issues a year)

b.     Books, training materials, or booklets:
        "Petroleum Industry Safety Engineering"
        "CNPC Rules of Safety Production Management"

c.     Databases or software:
        Database of accidents management
        Software of boilers and pressure vessels management

d.     Others:
        Videotape of introduction of health and safety environment system

4.2   Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.     Laws, regulations and standards:
        Regulations on industrial safety, communication safety and fire safety

b.     Statistics on accidents and diseases:
        Annual statistics on occupational accidents and diseases

c.     Newsletters, journals or periodicals:
        "Labour Protection"
        "China Safety Science"

d.     Encyclopedias and handbooks:
        Petroleum Industry Safety and Technology (book)
        Collection of Petroleum Industry Safety Standards

e.     Training materials:
        Training materials of health and safety environment
        Training materials of petroleum industry safety standards

The Safety Technology Institute, the China National Petroleum Corporation

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization: Safety Technology Institute, China National Petroleum Corporation
1.2   Acronym: STI
1.3   Mailing address:  68 Shiyou Rd.,Ganjingzi District, Dalian, Liaoning, China
1.4   Street address: Shiyou Rd., Ganjingzi District
1.5   Zip code: 116031
1.6   City/Province code: 0411
1.7   Telephone number: (86-441) 6679304
1.8   Fax number:  (86-411) 6671075

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person: Xu Jianpo, Director
2.2   Telephone number:  (86-411) 6679304
2.3   Fax number:  (86-411) 6671075

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1   All departments/units/sections related to chemical safety:

• General Office
• Safety Information Editorial Department
• Department of Fire Proof and Explosion Protection
• Department of Electrostatic Protection
• Department of Safety Monitor and Control Instrumentation

3.2   The major chemical safety responsibilities:

• Recommend safety and technical equipment to the national petrochemical industry
• Research and develop new techniques and new equipment, and organize exchange of technology
• Research on technique of fire proof, explosion protection, electrostatic protection and fire fighting;
• Edit rules on safety and technology;
• Be responsible for safety and technology training for the petroleum industry;
• Edit and distribute "Petrochemical Safety and Technology" magazine;
• Undertake the technical determination of major accidents in the petroleum industry.

3.3   Chemical safety activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops and seminars:
 
        Organize training courses of electrostatic protection every year;
        Organize technical training course of thunder and lighting hazards protection every year;

b.     National or international projects:
 
        Undertake 43 research projects on petroleum safety and technology and complete 33 projects.

c.     Research activities:
 
        Research on petrochemical fire proof and explosion protection;
        Research on technology and science of electrostatic hazards protection;
        Research on technical developing science of safety monitor and control instrumentation.

d.      Consulting services:

Provide consulting services of fire and explosion protection technology, performance test for fire proof material, hazardous assessment, electrostatic test, electrostatic hazard control and technology of safety monitor and control instrumentation

e.      Other:

Organize and participate in the international and domestic academic exchange activities concerning safety and technology

4.    Facilities or equipment

Minimum Ignition Energy of Flammable Material Test Unit
Explosion Limit of Flammable Gas Test Unit
Powder Electrostatic Simulation Test Unit
Oil Products Electrostatic Test Unit
Instinctive Safety Circuit Spark Test Unit
Safety Valve Test Device for LPG Tank

5.   Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

5.1   Produced by your organization

a.      Newsletter or journal:

"Petrochemical Safety and Technology" (six issues a year)
"Petrochemical Safety and Health News" (two issues a month)

b.      Books, training materials, or booklets:

National and international petrochemical safety and health Standard systems

Electrostatistic Safety Guide

"Thunder and Lighting Hazard Protection Technology in the Petrochemical Enterprises" (training material, internal distribution)

"Electrostatic Hazards Protection Technology in the Petrochemical Industry" (training material, internal distribution)

c.       Databases or software:

software for calculation of flammable gas explosion limits;
software for evaluation of petrochemical unit hazards
database of flammable material safety parameters;

5.2   Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.      Laws, regulations and standards:

Regulations and standards: five kinds, in Chinese
Regulations and standards: four kinds, in English
Regulations and standards: four kinds, in Japanese

b.      Newsletters, journals or periodicals:
         Collect newspapers, magazines and newsletters on safety and industrial hygiene (15 kinds).

c.      Encyclopedias and handbooks:
         Collect Chinese handbooks: ten kinds

d.     Other books:
        There are more than 1,000 books and information materials in the safety information office.

e.     Training materials:

        "Thunder and Lighting Hazards Protection Technology in the Petrochemical Enterprises" (training
        material, internal distribution)
 
        "Electrostatic Hazards Protection Technology in the Petrochemical Industry" (training material, internal
        distribution)

f.      Databases:
        Database of flammable material safety parameters;

 
The Safety Technology Institute

Safety Technology Institute of the CNPC is the only domestic scientific research institute on petroleum safety technology. It is located in Dalian, a beautiful touring seaside city. Safety Technology Institute of CNPC was set up in 1986. It consists of Safety Information Editorial Department, Fire Proof and Explosion Protection Department, Electrostatic Protection Department, Safety Monitor and Control Instrumentation Department and General Office. Besides, Electrostatic Test Center, Editorial Office of the Periodical "Petrochemical Safety Technology", Occupational Safety and Health Information and so on are all located here. Many research topics on Petrochemical safety technology and items on hidden peril control have been completed and some projects have got provincial progress prize, department progress prize and occupational safety and health progress prize separately. It provide extensive technical service and technical consultation on safety in Petrochemical industry.

Its main services items are:

• Cause for accident analysis and safety evaluation
• Electrostatic test
• Electrostatic hazard control
• Test for foam fire extinguishing chemical
• Preparation of standard gas
• Test for flammable and explosive parameters of flammable material
• Performance test for fire proof material
• Occupational safety and health information retrieval, investigation and research
• Safety technology consultation and service
• Safety technology training

Its main scientific achievements are:

• Self Discharge Electrostatic Eliminator
• Powder Electrostatic Protected Hopper
• JDX-1 Oil Products Electrostatic Test Equipment
• JDA-1 Electrostatic Voltmeter
• Oil Tanker Electrostatic Ground chain Unit
• Powder Piping Electricity Eliminator
• JJA-?,?Oil Products Electrostatic Alarm
• CHX-50 Automobile Spark Extinguisher
• ZYF-100A Drainage Valve for Oil Tank
• AJS-2 Automatic Powder Electrostatic Eliminator
• Software for Calculation of complicated Gas Explosion Limit in Oil Refinery

Now, Safety Technology Institute is striving to strengthen construction, expand technical communication and cooperation with organization of occupational safety and health at home and abroad in order to provide better and more comprehensive services for safety in petrochemical industry.
 

The China Petrochemical Corporation

1.   General contact information

1.1    Name of the organization:  Safety and Environment Protection Supervision Bureau, China Petrochemical                                                      Corporation, SINOPEC
1.2    Acronym: CPC
1.3    Mailing address:  A 6 HuiXin East Jie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
1.4    Street address Hui Xin East Jie
1.5    Zip code 100029
1.6    City/province code 010
1.7    Telephone number (86-10)64998744
1.8    Fax number (86-10) 64985727
1.9    WWW address www.sinopec.com.cn

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person:  Zhai Qi, Director
2.2   Telephone number: (86-10) 64998741
2.3   Fax number: (86-10) 64985729

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1   All departments/units/sections related to chemical safety:

Division of Safety Supervision
Division of Safety Technology

3.2   The major chemical safety responsibilities:

To carry out and implement policies, acts, laws, and regulations on safety production of the state and the Corporation, shoulder the responsibility for supervision and direction of safety in production for all enterprises involved in production, construction and marketing within the Corporation;

Formulate and implement regulations and rules on safety production to be issued by the Corporation, be responsible for the organization and management of scientific research and study projects on safety technology, and for tackling and solving the key safety technical problems;

Be responsible for the administration affairs of Anhui Company; under the leadership of the office, Anhui Company independently manages its business activities, develops safety technology industry, ensures no value losses of Corporation's Safety Protection Fund, and makes efforts to ensure the value added;

Be responsible for the use of, and managing the fund allocated by the Corporation for safety production, supervise and audit the assessment of major hazards as well as their control measures;

Be responsible for day-to-day safety management (including accident follow-up settlement); cooperating with local involved safety management authorities, investigate accident happened in all units within the Corporation, judge and determine who is/are responsible for take disciplinary action against or punish the person(s) who directly causes/cause the accident, let all employee learn lesson from the accident, supervise improvement based on the principle of "no pass before unclearness of accident cause(s), no pass before learning a lesson and no pass before disciplinary action";

Strengthen the management and supervision on "simultaneous design, simultaneous construction and simultaneous use of safety facilities" of new engineering projects, from design audit, construction, installation, testing and examination to completion evaluation;

Organize enterprise safety audits in production periodically. Ssummarize and exchange experiences;

Carry out and implement state policies on disaster prevention and combat, exam and supervise earthquake protection and facility consolidation of enterprises within the Corporation.

Be responsible for safety training and education;

Be responsible for the management and supervision of fire control in petrochemical industry;

4.   Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)

a.     Newsletter or journal:

Petrochemical Safety Technology (Periodical)
Occupational Health in Petrochemical Industry (Newspaper)

The Safety Engineering Institute, the China Petrochemical Corporation

1.   General contact information

1.1   Name of the organization:  Safety Engineering Institute, the China Petrochemical Corporation
1.2   Acronym: OSHI
1.3   Mailing address:  218, Yanan Third Rd., Qingdao, China
1.4   Street address: 218, Yanan Third Rd.
1.5   Zip code: 266071
1.6   City / Province code: 0532
1.7   Telephone number: (86-0532) 3864217
1.8   Fax number: (86-0532) 3873376
1.9   E-mail address: oshi@public.qd.sd.cn

2.   Contact information

2.1   Name and the title of a principal person Yang Jianzhong, Director
2.2   Telephone number (86-0532) 3873376
2.3   Fax number (86-0532) 3873376
2.4   E-mail address oshi@public.qd.sd.cn

3.   Responsibilities and activities

3.1   Units dealing with chemical safety:

• Safety Technology Division;
• Industrial Hygiene Division;
• Computer Application Technology Division;
• Chemical Development Division;
• Chemical Labor Protection, the Editorial Office;
• Training Center for Occupational Safety and Health Information;
• Center for Occupational Safety and Health;
• Center of Safety Instruments Inspection;
• Monitoring and Measurement Centre of Dust/Toxic Materials;
• National Registration Center of Dangerous Chemicals;
• Qingdao Rescue Center for Chemical Accidents; and
• Committee of Fire and Explosion Control Speciality, Chinese Society for Science and Technology of Labour Protection.

3.2   The major chemical safety responsibilities:

Offer technical support on decision making for drafting policies,

regulations and standards on occupational safety and health;

Managing use of hazardous chemicals, major hazard resource management in chemical industries, safety instruments and devices inspection, rescue of chemical accidents, health surveillance, acute/chronic toxicity experiment and evaluation, health education;

Provide new technology, equipment, and technical consultation on occupational safety and health for chemical enterprises.

3.3   Chemical safety activities:

a.     Training courses, workshops and seminars:

Organizing seminars on fire and explosion control, seminar on Sino-Russian fire fighting, training course of safety monitoring and instruments technique, seminar on petroleum chemical safety inspection technique, training course of occupational safety and health.

b.     National or international projects:

Take part in national projects more than 105 items;

Attend international project "Safety Database of Commonly Use Chemical (5,000 record in Chinese, English and Russian)".

c.     Research activities:

Undertake research on assessment of chemical safety and health, testing and evaluation of chemicals dangerous datas, testing and evaluation of chemicals toxicity, investigation of chemicals accidents, dust/toxicity inspection and testing of chemical safety instruments and devices and etc

4.   Facilities or equipment

736 sets of laboratory instruments and devices: (including dynamic contamination equipment, gas supply system, thermos analyzer, spectrophotometer, liquid chromatography, gas chromatography and etc.);

office building which covers an area of 10,815 square meters;

accessory building which covers an area of 7, 000 square meters;

library of 300 square meters (including consulting room,reading room, stack room).

5.   Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages )

5.1   Produced by the Institute:

a.     Newsletters or journals:

• Chemical Labour Protection
• Safety Technology and Management
• Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Disease

b.     Books, training materials, or booklets:

• Occupational safety and health for chemical industry

c.     Databases or software:

• safety and health database of dangerous chemicals;
• hazardous substances register database;
• safety label database of dangerous chemicals;
• multimedia database;
• the state database on fire and explosion hazard indexes of substances,materials, and extinguishing agents;
• safety assessment system;
• statistic analysis system of accident cases in chemical industry;
• safety management system of chemical industry;
• computer system of emergency plan of the major accident in chemical industry;
• information system of occupational safety and health for chemicals;
• safety database of commonly used chemicals (4,000 records in Chinese);
• safety database of commonly used chemicals (5,000 records in Chinese, English and Russian).

5.2    Available chemical safety information sources in general

a.     CD-ROM databases:
        CHEMINFO with 140,000 flammable, explosive and toxic chemicals

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