China's laws, rights, and administrative structures in occupational safety and health: a comparison with the United States.

J Public Health Policy

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.

Published: November 2014

China has achieved rapid economic development, but faces tremendous challenges in occupational safety and health (OSH). We describe China's laws, rights, and administrative structures in OSH and in workers' compensation. The article compares these with comparable laws, rights, and administrative structures in the United States. We hope this comparison may provide useful lessons for continued OSH development and improvement in China.

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