China News Service, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Ye Shaosheng, the vice president of the Fourth Criminal Division of the Supreme People's Court and a first-level senior judge, said on the 9th that in recent years, the number of cases of crimes endangering production safety that courts across the country have concluded each year has generally been stable, but every year the number of crimes that endanger production safety has become effective. The number of defendants judged and the number of defendants sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than five years has increased significantly, reflecting that the investigation of criminal responsibility for production safety liability accidents has increased significantly, and the crackdown on criminals who endanger production safety has continued to increase.
The Emergency Management Department held a regular press conference in June 2022 on the 9th. Ye Shaosheng made the above statement when answering questions from reporters.
He pointed out that production safety work is of great significance to the safety of people's lives and property and the coordinated and healthy development of the economy and society.
Ye Shaosheng said that during the trial of the case, the people's court implemented the general requirements of "same party and government responsibility, one post and two responsibilities, joint management, and accountability for negligence". The key persons responsible for key positions in the safety production supervision and management department shall be severely punished in accordance with the law, and the implementation of the safety production responsibility system shall be promoted through judicial judgment.
Ye Shaosheng pointed out that, at the same time, the people's courts are constantly summarizing the experience of trial work, studying and promulgating judicial interpretations and normative documents, and unifying the standards for adjudication of cases.
The Supreme People's Court issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Trial of Criminal Cases Endangering Production Safety" in December 2011, which clearly stipulated the overall trial principles, legal application standards and specific grasp of criminal policies for crimes endangering production safety; December 2015 Monthly Council and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly released the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Production Safety", clarifying the conviction and sentencing standards for relevant crimes, the standards for grasping criminal policies, and the specific application of prohibition orders and employment prohibition measures stipulated in the Criminal Law. ;In April 2019, together with the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Emergency Management, it jointly issued the "Working Measures for the Linkage of Work Safety Administrative Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", which provides a working mechanism for the transfer of work safety crime cases, the collection and use of evidence, and the cooperation between various departments. etc. to make provisions.
The people's courts in all regions have refined work requirements by issuing separate documents or jointly issuing normative documents with the public security, procuratorial, judicial administrative organs, and safety production supervision and management departments, so as to ensure that criminal cases endangering production safety are properly handled in accordance with the law, and that the offenders who endanger production safety are guilty of The legal responsibility is investigated according to law.