CHAPTER VI. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Section 52. The employing unit must establish and perfect the system for occupational safety and health, strictly implement the rules and standards of the State on occupational safety and health, educate labourers on occupational safety and health, prevent accidents in the process of work, and reduce occupational hazards.
Section 53. Facilities of occupational safety and health must meet the standards stipulated by the State.

Facilities of occupational safety and health installed in new projects and projects to be rebuilt or expanded must be designed, constructed and put into operation and use at the same time as the main projects.

Section 54. The employing unit must provide labourers with occupational safety and health conditions conforming to the provisions of the State and necessary articles of labour protection, and provide regular health examination for labourers engaged in work with occupational hazards.

Section 55. Labourers to be engaged in specialized operations must receive specialized training and acquire qualifications for such special operations.

Section 56. Labourers must strictly abide by rules of safe operation in the process of their work.

Labourers shall have the right to refuse to operate if the management personnel of the employing unit command the operation in violation of rules and regulations or force labourers to run risks in operation; labourers shall have the right to criticize, report or file charges against the acts endangering the safety of their life and health.

Section 57. The State shall establish a system for the statistics, reports and dispositions of accidents of injuries and deaths, and cases of occupational diseases. The labour administrative departments and other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and the employing unit shall, according to law, compile statistics, report and dispose of accidents of injuries and deaths that occurred in the process of their work and cases of occupational diseases.

CHAPTER VII. SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR FEMALE AND JUVENILE WORKERS
Section 58. The State shall provide female workers and juvenile workers with special protection.

"Juvenile workers" hereby refer to labourers at the age of 16 but not 18 yet.

Section 59. It is prohibited to arrange female workers to engage in work down the pit of mines, or work with Grade IV physical labour intensity as stipulated by the State, or other work that female workers should avoid.

Section 60. Female workers during their menstrual period shall not be arranged to engage in work high above the ground, under low temperature, or in cold water or work with Grade III physical labour intensity as stipulated by the State.

Section 61. Female workers during their pregnancy shall not be arranged to engage in work with Grade III physical labour intensity as stipulated by the State or other work that they should avoid in pregnancy. Female workers pregnant for seven months or more shall not be arranged to extend their working hours or to work night shifts.

Section 62. After childbirth, female workers shall be entitled to no less than 90 days of maternity leaves with pay.

Section 63. Female workers during the period of breast-feeding their babies less than one year old shall not be arranged to engage in work with Grade III physical labour intensity as stipulated by the State or other labour that they should avoid during their breast-feeding period, or to extend their working hours or to work night shifts.

Section 64. No juvenile workers shall be arranged to engage in work down the pit of mines, work that is poisonous or harmful, work with Grade IV physical labour intensity as stipulated by the State, or other work that they should avoid.

Section 65. The employing unit shall provide regular physical examinations to juvenile workers.