The Chinese chemical industry park where an explosion last month killed 78 people and left hundreds injured will be closed, authorities have said.

The authorities of the Chinese city of Yancheng in the eastern Jiangsu province have decided to close the industrial park in the wake of a deadly explosion at a local chemical plant that occurred in late March, the city administration said in a statement obtained by Sputnik.<

An explosion at a perlite factory in the city of Qingzhou, located in China's eastern Shandong province, left five people killed and three others slightly injured, local media reported on Saturday

China must deliver on its promises to ensure safety of its huge chemical industry after several deadly blasts on its facilities in recent years, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak, said on Friday

The Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management on Thursday announced plans to carry out manufacturing safety inspections in the wake of a deadly explosion at a chemical plant in the country's eastern Jiangsu province

The death told from a massive explosion last week at a pesticide plant in eastern China rose to 78 on Monday, with 13 people listed as being critically injured, as the government again pledged stricter safely controls, Reuters has quoted the state media as saying

A total of 78 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that flattened a chemical plant in Yancheng in East China's Jiangsu Province, while 566 others have been injured, local media reported on Monday