Recently, the National Standardization Administration issued a special plan for the formulation and revision of a batch of mandatory national standards for mine safety, aiming to provide standardized support for mine safety production, safety supervision, and inspection. This batch comprises a total of 34 projects, which, based on the principle of “one matter, full chain,” broadly cover areas such as mine construction, mine ventilation and dust control, fire and water hazard prevention, tailings pond safety, investigation of hidden disaster-inducing factors, coal mine instrumentation, mine intelligence, and safety management. Among these, 29 projects represent the first batch of projects to transform mandatory industry standards in the field of mine safety into mandatory national standards, playing a significant supporting role in advancing high-quality mine safety development.

In the areas of mine safety production access and construction, the focus is on standardizing coal mine construction safety, project safety review requirements, safety facility design, and inspection and acceptance work. Safety requirements are to be integrated into all stages, including planning, project approval, construction, and acceptance, providing unified technical requirements for strengthening mine construction supervision. In terms of preventing and mitigating major safety risks, the focus is on standardizing the investigation of hidden disaster-inducing factors in mines, coal mine fire prevention, water control in underground mines, tailings pond monitoring, coal mine ventilation capacity verification, underground power supply systems, and daily inspections of mine hoisting systems. Clear mandatory requirements are proposed for major hazard investigation, risk monitoring and early warning, and equipment and facility management, helping to promote the transformation of the mine safety governance model toward a preventive approach. In promoting the transformation and upgrading of mines, the focus is on standardizing underground mine personnel positioning, safety monitoring and control, the integrity of electromechanical equipment, and underground 5G communication and contact systems. This provides standardized support for advancing mine automation and intelligent upgrading and accelerating the empowerment of mine safety through technology.

Next, the National Mine Safety Administration will work with the National Standardization Administration to further integrate and optimize mine safety standards, deploying the phased transformation of over 120 mine safety industry standards into mandatory national standards. This will provide national standard support for establishing a unified, standardized, and coordinated efficient mine safety standard system and strengthening the safety red line in mine production