| Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged government funds to improve and provide school bus services after a deadly crash in Gansu Province killed 19 children on Nov. 16, Xinhua reported. |
据新华社报道，本月16日发生的甘肃校车撞车事故导致19名儿童死亡。温家宝总理周日承诺，政府将出资提供并改善校车服务。 |
| Wen said at the opening ceremony of the fifth national meeting on women and children affairs in Beijing that the government is working to create safety regulations and standards for the design and production of school buses. |
温家宝是在第五次全国妇女儿童工作会议开幕式上作上述讲话的。他表示，相关政府部门正在制定校车安全条例以及校车设计、生产标准。 |
| The central and local governments will bear the cost of bringing the buses up to standard, the premier said. |
校车达标所需费用将由中央政府和地方政府共同承担。 |
| Officials will face investigations into their liability if tragedies such as the one in Gansu occur again, he warned. |
他还警告说，如果类似甘肃校车事故再次发生，将追究相关干部责任。 |
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Yuan Guilin, an education professor at Beijing Normal University, has proposed that all school buses should be equipped with black boxes, and the government should also improve the wages and benefits for drivers to prevent them from taking extra jobs and often driving tired.
(China.org.cn November 29, 2011) |
北京师范大学教育学教授袁桂林曾提议，所有校车都应该装上黑匣子，并建议政府提高校车司机的工资和福利，以免他们因兼职而时常疲劳驾驶。 |
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