Table 3.

The current key occupational health regulatory agencies in the central government of China.

Organization	Key responsibilities (all organizations have additional responsibilities not listed here)
Source: State Commission Office of Public Sector Reform (SCOPSR).
National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC) of PRC	1.	Drafting the laws, regulations and plans for national occupational disease prevention and control, and making and publishing the national occupational health standards.
	2.	Supervising and managing the identification and diagnosis of occupational diseases.
	3.	Organizing and launching monitoring and special investigation of the major occupational diseases, and developing the occupational health risk assessment.
	4.	Studying and proposing strategies and measures for occupational disease prevention and control.
	5.	Recognizing qualifications of occupational health organizations; supervision and administration of organizations providing occupational health services (mainly including chemical toxicity evaluations, personal dose monitoring, and the testing of radiation protection equipment and radioactive products); examining, approving, supervising, and managing the medical and health institutions providing occupational health examination and disease diagnosis; strengthening the construction of occupational disease prevention and control institutions in conjunction with other relevant departments.
	6.	Supervising and managing radiological hazard control in medical institutions.
	7.	Managing and publishing the national occupational disease report, and organizing scientific research on occupational diseases prevention and control.
	8.	Organizing to publicize and promote education regarding the laws, regulations, and understanding occupational disease prevention and control, and occupational health promotion.
State Administration of Work Safety(SAWS)	1.	Drafting laws and regulations for occupational health supervision and administration, and formulating regulations, standards and occupational health rules for employers.
	2.	Responsible for occupational health supervision and employer inspections, and organizing the investigation and handling of accidents caused by occupational health hazards and illegal activities.
	3.	Responsible for the supervision and inspection of occupational health “three simultaneousness” (designing the occupational disease protective facilities of a construction project, constructing them, and using them for production and other business operations at the same time as the main body of the project) of a new construction, expansion, or reconstruction project or a technical improvement or technology introduction project (hereinafter referred to as the “construction project”) with occupational health hazards, and supervision and management of employer occupational disease hazard program reports.
	4.	Managing occupational health and safety permits, and responsible for supervising, administering, and validating the qualifications of organizations providing occupational health detection and evaluation services.
	5.	Organizing, directing, supervising, and inspecting occupational health training.
	6.	Supervising, inspecting, and encouraging employers to establish occupational health management systems (e.g. the system for occupational health hazard detection and evaluation, and the system for occupational health surveillance) as required by law, and providing the evidentiary documents or materials for health damages, occupational history, and occupational hazard exposure.
	7.	Summarizing and analyzing information related to occupational health (e.g. occupational health hazard identification and evaluation, and occupational health surveillance), and providing occupational health supervision and inspection results for some departments and institutions.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security(MOHRSS) of PRC	1.	Supervising the implementation of labor contracts, and pressing employers to sign labor contracts according to the law.
	2.	Executing social security works for patients with occupational diseases according to occupational disease diagnosis results.
All-China Federation of Trade Unions	1.	Participating in the investigation and handling of accidents caused by occupational health hazards.
	2.	Reflecting the demands for the occupational health of workers, and providing advice for promoting occupational health to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers.