Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake. On that day ten years ago, the mountains collapsed and the earth was devastated, causing huge losses to people's lives and property. We commemorate this day not only to remember the dead, but also to pray that the disaster will not happen again. China is a country with frequent disasters. Natural disasters are unavoidable, but they can be effectively prevented. With a good disaster prevention, mitigation and relief system, casualties and property losses will be greatly reduced.
May 12 is also China's Day for Disaster Prevention and Reduction. In this year's reform of national institutions, in order to improve the capacity of disaster prevention, reduction and relief, a special emergency management department was set up.
China is one of the countries with the most serious earthquake disasters
China is one of the countries with the most serious natural disasters in the world. It is a basic national condition that there are many kinds of disasters, wide distribution areas, high frequency of occurrence and heavy losses.
Breakthroughs have been made in the reform of the disaster prevention, reduction and relief system
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary has made important instructions on this issue many times.
He stressed that at present and in the future, efforts should be made to strengthen organizational leadership, improve the system, improve laws and regulations, promote the construction of major disaster prevention and reduction projects, strengthen the building of disaster monitoring and early warning and risk prevention capabilities, improve the disaster resistance of urban buildings and infrastructure, improve the rural housing defense level and disaster resistance, increase disaster management training, establish a long-term mechanism for disaster prevention, reduction and relief publicity and education We should guide the orderly participation of social forces.
In January 2017, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the System and Mechanism of Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief, which made a comprehensive deployment for the reform of the system and mechanism of disaster prevention, reduction and relief. The Opinions made specific arrangements for improving the overall coordination system, territorial management system, social forces and market participation mechanism, comprehensively improving the comprehensive disaster reduction capacity, and effectively strengthening organizational leadership.
On March 17, 2018, the institutional reform plan of the State Council was adopted at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress. According to the plan, an emergency management department will be set up to promote the formation of a Chinese characteristic emergency management system with unified command, both professional and regular, sensitive response, up and down linkage, and combination of peacetime and wartime, so as to improve the ability of disaster prevention, reduction and relief. Among them, the earthquake emergency rescue responsibilities of the China Seismological Bureau are also included in the Emergency Management Department. In the morning of April 16, the Emergency Management Department was officially listed
In January 2017, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the System and Mechanism of Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief, which made a comprehensive deployment for the reform of the system and mechanism of disaster prevention, reduction and relief. The Opinions made specific arrangements for improving the overall coordination system, territorial management system, social forces and market participation mechanism, comprehensively improving the comprehensive disaster reduction capacity, and effectively strengthening organizational leadership.
On March 17, 2018, the institutional reform plan of the State Council was adopted at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress. According to the plan, an emergency management department will be set up to promote the formation of a Chinese characteristic emergency management system with unified command, both professional and regular, sensitive response, up and down linkage, and combination of peacetime and wartime, so as to improve the ability of disaster prevention, reduction and relief. Among them, the earthquake emergency rescue responsibilities of the China Seismological Bureau are also included in the Emergency Management Department. In the morning of April 16, the Emergency Management Department was officially listed
Saving people is always the first priority he stressed.