Current situation and the prospects of occupational health research in the new era
At the stage of rapid development of industrialization and urbanization in China,and the transformation and development of Chinese economy,new technologies,new materials,new work organization modes are broadly used in the industry,and the various risk hazards are of growing concern at the workplace and remain challenged by persistent occupational health research.With the revolutions on technology and industry(industry 4.0),Information and communications technology and digitalization alongside related developments such as AI(Artificial Intelligence),advanced analytics,robotics,automation,autonomous vehicles,novel human-machine interfaces,the Internet of Things(IoT),Big Data,advanced sensor technologies and cloud computing are all becoming increasingly commonplace.Data-driven scientific research will become an powerful engine to promote the effectiveness of occupational disease prevention,and the application of 5G communication technology,digitalization,intelligence,automation and other new technologies will become an important driving force to promote the integration of multidisciplinary subjects and the high-quality development of occupational health research.The green transformation of energy puts forward new propositions for the research on environmental health and occupational health.