China administrative measures for heatstroke prevention and cooling

China's Administrative Measures on Heatstroke Prevention, released in 2012, requires employers to provide protective measures to outdoor and indoor workers. Employers are required to cut down working hours and reduce work intensity during hot days (35°C/95°F outdoors and 33°C/91.4°F indoors). If temperatures reach 40°C/104°F employers must suspend outdoor operations. Additionally, employers are required to conduct training on heat-related illnesses and provide cooling measures such as rest areas, free cool drinks, and air conditioning in indoor workplaces. Workers who suffer from heat stroke and other heat-related complications must be given workers' compensation. For workplaces that cannot reduce temperatures below 35°C/95°F outdoors and 33°C/91.4°F indoors, employers must pay High-Temperature Subsidies (HTSs) to their workers ranging from the equivalent of $1.24 to $30.90 USD per day. A study in Guangzhou city found that heat-related occupational injuries have declined since implementation of the rule.