and the relationship between safety culture and safety performance
are the basic problems of the safety culture. In this paper the basic problems of safety culture on the basis of literature reviews were
introduced. First, the concept of safety culture was defined as safety management items, making the border of safety culture construction
clearly. Second, 32 safety culture elements were put forward by modifying, improving the study of Jim Stewart and combined with our
national conditions and cultural background. It had been proved by experience that these elements are key factors influencing safety
performance. Safety culture can be either qualitative or quantitative described, and the quantitative measurement can conducive to the
improvement in the safety management and safety performance.