Table 3. History of the law/policy making of occupational health and safety in China.

Time course	Law/policy-making agencies	Law/policy	Relevant departments
1992	National People’s Congress	Trade Union Law	Trade Union
1994	National People’s Congress	Labor Law	Labor and social security administrative department
2001	National People’s Congress	Revised Trade Union Law	Trade Union
2001	National People’s Congress	Occupational Disease Prevention Law	Health administrative department
2002	National People’s Congress	Safe Production Law	Work safety administrative department
2002	The State Council	Regulations on Labor Protection against Toxic Substances in Workplace	Health administrative department
2003	State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform	Notice on the arrangement of internal organization of State Administration of Work Safety	State Administration of Work Safety
2004	The State Council	Safety Production Permit Regulations	Health administrative department
2005	Ministry of Health, State Administration of Work Safety	Notice on the arrangement of occupational health regulatory responsibilities	Health administrative department, Work safety administrative department
2010	State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform	Notice on the arrangement of occupational health regulatory departments’ responsibilities	Health administrative department, Work safety administrative department
2011	National People’s Congress	Revised Occupational Disease Prevention Law	Health administrative department, Work safety administrative department
2013	the State Council	Revised Safety Production Permit Regulations	Work safety administrative department
2014	National People’s Congress	Revised Safe Production Law	Work safety administrative department