8 killed, 1 injured

EIGHT people have been found dead and one injured following a coal and gas outburst in a coal mine in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province.

Search and rescue efforts have concluded as of 3:27 p.m. yesterday, and the injured is receiving treatment.

The accident happened at around 8:50 a.m. on April 9 at the Dongfeng Coal Mine in Jinsha County located in the city of Bijie.

An investigation into the accident is currently under way.

Platform enterprises

REGULATORS yesterday urged Internet platform enterprises to comprehensively rectify problems within time limits and establish a new order in the platform economy.

Internet platform enterprises are urged to strictly prevent the disorderly expansion of capital to ensure economic and social security and guard against the formation of monopolies to ensure fair market competition, the regulators said at a meeting held by the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and the State Taxation Administration.

Representatives from 34 Internet platform enterprises attended the meeting.

Car accident kills 6

SIX people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in the city of Hechi, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said yesterday.

The accident happened at around 6:55 a.m. when a heavy truck suddenly lost control, ran off the road and crashed into a villager and a van carrying eight people.

The injured are receiving treatment in hospital. Drunk driving was ruled out after a preliminary investigation.