China Safety Science Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (8): 14-21.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2025.08.0277

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Evolution model and mechanism of work safety governance system

ZHAO Yigui1,2(), WANG Mengyao3, DENG Qinglu1, GUO Hailin1,**()   

  1. 1 School of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan Hubei 430074, China
    2 Information Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Management, Beijing 100029, China
    3 School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2025-04-09 Revised:2025-06-12 Online:2025-08-28 Published:2026-02-28
  • Contact: GUO Hailin

Abstract:

In order to promote the development of theories on the modernization of work safety governance, a four-dimensional model of the work safety governance system—comprising governance actors, governance rules, governance tools, and governance resources—was constructed based on systems theory and governance theory. Using CAS theory, seven fundamental characteristics—aggregation, nonlinearity, flow, diversity, tagging, internal models, and building blocks—were analyzed. Furthermore, by integrating fitness landscape theory and the NK fitness landscape model, an NK landscape model for the evolution of the work safety governance system was developed, revealing 16 state combinations of the system's genetic morphology (A-R-T-S) and their fitness distributions. The results indicate that the system's evolution follows a three-stage mechanism: Initial Stage: Random walk and low-state locking → Development Stage: Adaptive walk and local coordination limitations → Maturity Stage: Adaptive leap and deep coordination. Empirical analysis indicates that the evolution of China's work safety governance system encompasses three periods with corresponding mechanisms: the System Initial Establishment Period (1978—2002), the System Improvement Period (2003—2012), and the System Modernization Advancing Period (2012—2024).

Key words: work safety governance system, system evolutionary, complex adaptive systems (CAS), fitness landscape, NK fitness landscape model

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