The "July 23rd" accident occurred on 20 1 1, and in the accident investigation report released at the end of the year, Lu Dongfu became the third "person responsible for the accident" after Liu Zhijun, former Minister of Railways, and Zhang Shuguang, former Director of Transportation Bureau of the Ministry of Railways.
The report said: "As the vice minister in charge of the Science and Technology Department at that time, the supervision, inspection and guidance of the work of the Science and Technology Department were not in place. The science and technology department failed to formulate the rules and regulations for equipment technical review according to its responsibilities, and conducted unfounded and irregular technical pre-review of LKD2-T 1 train control center equipment, and illegally agreed to use the train control center equipment with serious design defects and major safety hazards. He has an important leadership responsibility for the accident and it is recommended to give a demerit. "
In 2003, Lu went to Beijing as the former vice minister of the Ministry of Railways. Lu has been in charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology since 2006. However, an insider of the railway system said that although Lu Dongfu was in charge of science and technology, in fact, in the era of Liu Zhijun, Liu Zhijun and Zhang Shuguang were basically in charge of high-speed rail construction, motor train manufacturing and technical standard formulation. Under the system and atmosphere of "one-word-for-one", the role of deputy minister in charge and leaders of relevant departments and bureaus is relatively weakened.
20 13 In March, according to the institutional reform and functional transformation plan of the State Council, railway enterprises were separated, the Ministry of Railways was abolished, and the National Railway Administration and China Railway Corporation were established. The State Railway Administration managed by the Ministry of Transport is responsible for formulating railway technical standards, and supervising and managing railway safety production, transportation service quality and railway engineering quality.
Lu Dongfu became the first director of the State Railway Administration. Ranked sixth among the Ministry of Communications 10 ministerial officials.