In recent years, safety risks in high-consequence areas have become increasingly prominent. Pipeline leakage and explosion accidents have occurred successively in Qingdao, Dalian, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Songyuan city, Jilin province.

The serious consequences of these accidents are as follows: first, they lead to group deaths and injuries; Second, it brings huge property loss; Third, cause social stability event or environmental pollution event.

On December 15, 2017, the State Administration of Work Safety and other eight departments released the publication & LT; Notice on Strengthening safety Management of High Back Area in Densely populated Places along Oil and Gas Pipelines & GT; On December 27, The State Council Oil and Gas Pipeline Hidden Trouble Rectification Leading Group Office issued the letter on Printing and Distributing the Identification of Oil and Gas Pipeline High-consequence Areas. It shows that strengthening the safety management of high consequence areas has been put on the important agenda of governments at all levels.

People who do not have foresight will have near-term worries. System building is the root of the problem. To strengthen the management of high consequence area, it is necessary to consider from the top-level design, further build and improve the relevant laws, regulations and standards, and solve the difficult problems in the management of high consequence area with the thinking of rule of law, so as to safeguard the long-term stability of pipeline and public safety.