China News Service, Taiyuan, August 21 (Wu Qiong) "Compared with the previous bans and restrictions, the ban is stricter." On the 21st, Zhang Ligang, deputy director and spokesperson of the Shanxi Provincial Public Security Department, introduced the policy. In the case of the province’s ban on fireworks and firecrackers, it is stated that the banned areas are wider. The banned areas previously introduced by various places are mainly concentrated in the main urban areas. Now they are completely banned throughout the province, including rural areas; the scope of application is wider, Activities such as funerals, weddings, and opening ceremonies are prohibited.
On the same day, the Shanxi Provincial Government Information Office held a press conference. The Shanxi Provincial Government, Shanxi Provincial Emergency Management Department and many other departments responded to the "Announcement of the Shanxi Provincial People’s Government on Prohibiting the Production, Operation, Storage, Transportation and Setting of Fireworks" (hereinafter referred to as " Announcement).
"In recent years, domestic casualties have occurred frequently due to the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers. On March 17, a forest fire broke out in Yushe County, Jinzhong, Shanxi. The cause of the fire was that the villagers set off fireworks and firecrackers accidentally ignited the surrounding dry grass when they were building tombs. After the incident, a total of 7,199 rescuers were invested, with a total area of 50594.7 mu and a direct economic loss of 2,698,700 yuan.” According to Wang Yanfeng, deputy secretary-general and spokesperson of the Shanxi Provincial People’s Government, Shanxi issued a "Notice" to protect the people. Safety of life and property.
The "Notice" requires that from October 1, 2020, the production, operation, storage, transportation (except for legal vehicles passing through the province) and the illegal setting of fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in the administrative area of Shanxi Province; for major holidays and important events For other reasons, it is indeed necessary to hold fireworks evenings and other large-scale professional fireworks display activities, and put forward clear regulations and requirements; the relevant administrative licenses that have been issued shall be dealt with in accordance with the law, and relevant departments shall properly handle related matters, and do a good job in publicity and interpretation.
At the same time, after the implementation of the prohibition measures, the public security, emergency management, transportation and other departments will do a good job in safety risk management and control, and severely crack down on illegal production, operation, storage, transportation and setting off of fireworks; any organization or individual discovers illegal production, All operations, storage, transportation and setting off of fireworks and firecrackers have the right to dissuade and report to public security and other departments. The report is verified to be true, and relevant departments will reward the reporter.
Wang Yanfeng introduced that at present, all cities and counties (cities, districts) in Shanxi have issued policies to ban fireworks and firecrackers in urban built-up areas, and 35 county-level governments have implemented policies to ban the release of fireworks across the county, accounting for 27.6%; the blue sky has been implemented since 2018 Since the defense war plan, Shanxi's fireworks and firecracker operating companies have been reduced from 5,914 to the current 1,446, a reduction of 75.5%.
In response to the disposal of existing fireworks and firecrackers inventory, Xue Junzheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Emergency Management Department of Shanxi Province, introduced that Shanxi will adopt an independent inventory of enterprises and the emergency management department to check and register existing products in the warehouses and retail stores of fireworks and firecrackers. Check and register box by box, and compare with the fireworks and firecrackers flow system to accurately grasp the existing inventory; for classified disposal, companies must be guided to return to the factory for products that have not fulfilled the contract, and for products that do not meet the specified requirements Destroy: The people’s government at the county level will organize the public security and ecological environment departments to destroy the inventory products that the company has not cleared on schedule; increase the publicity of the "Notice", popularize the storage risks of fireworks and firecrackers, and prevent residents from storing large amounts of fireworks and firecrackers in their homes. Create new security risks.
In addition, the public security organs will, in accordance with the "Fireworks and Firecrackers Safety Management Regulations", be ordered by the public security organs to stop the discharge of fireworks and firecrackers and impose a fine of 100 yuan up to 500 yuan, which constitutes a violation of public security. For administrative actions, public security management penalties shall be imposed in accordance with the law; for those who hold fireworks evenings or other large-scale fireworks display activities without permission, the public security organs shall order them to stop the display and impose a fine of 10,000 yuan up to 50,000 yuan on the responsible unit. (Finish)