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POLICY AND PRACTICE REVIEWS article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1522040
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in China: Development process, Enforcement Challenges, and Solutions
Provisionally accepted
Xinyu Xu 1 Peihua Ren 1 Wenyan Shi 1 Feidan Deng 1 Qingfeng Wang 1 Shaoteng Shi 1 Jingcun Shen 1 Guoqiang Dong 2 Jing Han 1*- 1 Global Health Institute, School of Medicine, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- 2 Institute of Hygiene for the Arms Industry, Xi'an, China
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Background: Occupational health is closely related to China's public health system and the construction of a healthy China. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the current health status of China's occupational population and the dilemmas faced by prevention and treatment work.The following databases were utilized: China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Keywords used included "occupational health," "occupational hygiene," "occupational disease prevention," "occupational risks," "occupational health regulations," and "China." The search was limited to articles published from 2000 to the present to ensure the inclusion of the most recent studies and regulatory updates.Results: It is found that changes in industrial structure have led to significant differences in the production environment and labor practices of different occupations, which in turn have triggered the gradual emergence of various types of occupational diseases. The existing legislative system of occupational diseases protects the rights and interests of workers to a certain extent, but there are still some shortcomings. The main dilemmas faced by the prevention and control work include the complexity and diversity of occupational disease hazards, the lack of implementation of prevention and control measures, and the imperfection of the legislative system.Conclusions:This study proposes directions and measures for good prevention and control of occupational diseases, and explores the road of prevention and control of occupational diseases with Chinese characteristics. By improving the legislative guarantee, optimizing the implementation mechanism, and deepening the social co-governance, a sustainable occupational health management system adapted to the needs of industrial upgrading will eventually be constructed.
Keywords: Occupational Health, Preventing and controlling difficulties, Legislative System, Future needs, Occupational safety challenges
Received: 03 Nov 2024; Accepted: 21 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xu, Ren, Shi, Deng, Wang, Shi, Shen, Dong and Han. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Jing Han, Global Health Institute, School of Medicine, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China
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