While a stricter law would be instrumen-tal in stemming workplace safety violations, local governments must fulfill their regulatory obligations to prevent the occurrence of accidents.

The State Administration of Work Safety has launched a nationwide campaign that will last more than three months in an attempt to check potential safety risks.

Such a campaign is necessary given a series of fatal workplace safety accidents recently, including the blaze in a poultry-processing factory in Jilin province that killed 120 people.