About NCICS

The National Center for International Exchange & Cooperation in Work Safety(NCICS), founded in 1975, is a non-profitable, public service organization directly under the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), specialized for international exchange and cooperation in the field of workplace safety and occupational health. NCICS’s business includes organizing international conferences and exhibitions, technical exchange activities, domestic and overseas training courses, management and implementation of inter-government cooperative projects, information research and consulting, external services and international tourism and enjoys advantages of resources, access to information and professionals to provide all-round foreign-oriented services to the government, enterprises and institutions and for the cause of workplace safety and occupational health.

NCICS is an internationally-famous organizer of specialized conferences and exhibitions and possesses the qualifications recognized by the government for organizing international activities, which is supported by a team of experienced senior professionals, with successes in organizing a number of large international conferences and exhibitions, such as the China International Forum on Work Safety, the China International Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition, the Coaltrans China conference, the China-Australia Coal Summit, the China International Conference on Control and Utilization of Mine Gas, etc.

NCICS is a specialized international training service provider and possesses the qualifications recognized by the government for delivering training at home and abroad, which is supported by first-rate experts, training materials and mechanisms. In recent years, NCICS has collaborated with the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Social Security Association (ISSA), the International Association of

Labor Inspection (IALI) and government agencies, institutions, associations and companies of the United States, Germany, the U. K., France, South Africa, Japan, Russia and Australia in organizing training courses for high- and medium-level government safety inspectors and safety management and technical personnel of enterprises and delivering special training courses on mine safety, the safety of hazardous chemicals, construction safety, road traffic safety, safety culture, safety legislation, emergency rescue, etc., which has been highly valued by competent government agencies, such as the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, and received extensive support from people in the profession.

NCICS is an information and consulting service provider in the field of international workplace safety and occupational health. With abundant information resources, NCICS releases and studies information on the major events and the latest technologies, policies and developments of workplace safety and occupational health at home and abroad in its monthly publication International News on Work Safety, and on its website in both Chinese and English to support the policy-makers of the government and enterprises with necessary information and provide referential materials for policy-making, planning and scientific research.

NCICS is the main channel of the State Administration of Work Safety to carry out international exchange and cooperation in the area of workplace safety and occupational health of the country. It organizes extensive professional exchange in the area of policy making, technology and standards and introduces experts and expertise from overseas with a view to learning the advanced safety culture, experiences in safety regulation, and safety techniques from other countries of the world. It also manages and implements a series of inter-government and multilateral and non-government cooperative projects such as the China-U.S. Program to Improve Mine Safety in China , the China-Japan Cooperation in Coal Mine Safety, etc.

NCICS is pleased to dedicate its service to the cause of workplace safety and occupational health wholeheartedly of the world.