Gyeonggi-do Announces 'Chemical Substance Safety Management Plan' for the Next 5 Years

Gyeonggi Province has established a chemical substance safety management plan.

On the 5th, Gyeonggi Province held a final report meeting for a policy research project at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Gwanggyo, Suwon, and announced the "3rd Gyeonggi Province Chemical Substance Safety Management Plan (2025?2029)" to create a safe Gyeonggi Province free from chemical accidents.

The main contents of this study, which has been underway since April, include ▲ current status and outlook of chemical substance management ▲ survey of hazardous chemical substance handling workplaces ▲ major policies and promotion plans for chemical accident prevention and safety management ▲ local transfer operation plans for chemical substance workplace management offices, among others.

Vision and Strategic Framework for Chemical Substance Safety Management Plan in Gyeonggi-do

The chemical substance safety management plan sets four major directions: establishing a regional governance system for safety management under the vision of a "Safe Gyeonggi Province Free from Chemical Accidents," establishing a Gyeonggi Province-type accident response system, strengthening chemical accident response capabilities, and enhancing chemical substance management capacity.

The 16 strategic tasks include public-private cooperative chemical safety governance, resident-participatory chemical accident preparedness, field-oriented safety education and workplace management, integrated chemical substance information provision for Gyeonggi Province, and a chemical accident prevention and safety management platform.

Gyeonggi Province plans to review and reflect on the advisory opinions presented at this final report meeting to prepare concrete chemical substance safety management measures.

Park Dae-geun, Director of the Environmental Health and Safety Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Continuous efforts and systematic responses for the safe management of chemical substances and accident prevention are more important than ever," adding, "As this is an important plan that will serve as the cornerstone of Gyeonggi Province's chemical substance management policy for the next five years, we will implement it thoroughly and with high quality."

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