Abstract
Five of the world's most fatal industrial accidents in the past decade (2001–10) occurred in mainland China. Since 1979, there have been at least 25 586 deaths and 24 214 injuries due to technological disasters in China.1 Mining-related accidents are the main subgroup of such disasters and occur ten times more frequently than in India, which ranks second in the world. The recent Shanxi Wangjialing coal-mine accident,2 which resulted in 36 deaths and 115 survivors rescued after being trapped underground for 8 days,3 reminded the international community once again of the struggle between economic activity and human vulnerability in this rapidly developing country.
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