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Chinese kids at risk due to lacking child seat laws
By Yang Jian |
October 12, 2012, Friday
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MOST local parents do not install a child safety seat in their cars due to a lack of awareness and laws that are posing grave threats to child safety, the country's industry association for child products told a seminar in Shanghai today.
Less than one percent of Chinese parents have installed child-safety seats in their cars, while some products are plagued with quality problems, said Shi Xiaoguang, president of China Toy and Juvenile Products Association.
"Some low-cost cars also have no reliable place to install and stabilize the safety seats, which may cause babies to be thrown out along with the seats during accidents," Shi said.
More than 18,500 children under 14 years old die in traffic accidents in China every year, and some 75 percent of them are passengers of household cars, according to the association.
The death rate can be lowered by 70 percent among children with the installation of child safety seats, which are already required by law in more than 40 countries around the world.
However, China has no law on the use of special safety seats for children.
Shanghai is to mandate the installation of these seats in cars to protect children's health and safety within two or three years as medical experts and legal professionals are preparing the draft legislation, Dr Pan Shuming from Xinhua Hospital, which leads the legislation research, has said.
Less than one percent of Chinese parents have installed child-safety seats in their cars, while some products are plagued with quality problems, said Shi Xiaoguang, president of China Toy and Juvenile Products Association.
"Some low-cost cars also have no reliable place to install and stabilize the safety seats, which may cause babies to be thrown out along with the seats during accidents," Shi said.
More than 18,500 children under 14 years old die in traffic accidents in China every year, and some 75 percent of them are passengers of household cars, according to the association.
The death rate can be lowered by 70 percent among children with the installation of child safety seats, which are already required by law in more than 40 countries around the world.
However, China has no law on the use of special safety seats for children.
Shanghai is to mandate the installation of these seats in cars to protect children's health and safety within two or three years as medical experts and legal professionals are preparing the draft legislation, Dr Pan Shuming from Xinhua Hospital, which leads the legislation research, has said.
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