Is China's economy ready for heatwaves
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-07 07:26

The departments of city water supply, traffic and fire fighting all went into action to take all possible measures to safeguard the economic construction.

China's Ministry of Construction asked all the departments responsible for construction work to take proper measures to prevent the workers from heatstrokes and to guarantee their holiday time especially in the high temperatures.

The government of Jinan, capital of the eastern Shandong Province, which suffered days with 40 degrees Celsius, has issued a regulation saying that students will stop their classes and workers will halt their outdoor operations if temperatures go above 37 degrees Celsius.

Professor Wang Zhongwu, a sociologist at Shandong University, said that in the past Chinese stuck to their positions in high temperatures in order to show their strong wills.

He said he is glad to see such a humanizing change, praising the government of its awareness of people's health and life.

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