China

Organization responsible for the statistics

Ministry of Labour.

Source

Labour inspectorate records.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons employed.

Economic activities:

All economic activities.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

All types and sizes of establishments.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Reported injuries due to all types of occupational accidents, including commuting accidents.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: one day.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: 30 days.

Documentation

Series available:

The following tables are published:

Number of persons injured by fatal, serious injury, total, by:

type of ownership (state-owned, urban collective-owned, rural collective-owned, other ownership, private and without production license);
economic activity;

Number of persons injured (absolute numbers and percentage increase over previous year) by fatal, serious, total and by:

region;
mining or non-mining.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Department of Overall Planning and Wages, Ministry of Labour and Department of Population and Employment Statistics, State Statistical Bureau: China Labour Statistics Yearbook.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to reported injuries (including commuting accidents) according to major division of economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays, total of these two groups. Up to 1994, the data covered only state-owned enterprises.