Since entering the flood, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important instructions on flood prevention and relief work twice, emphasizing "to do our best to ensure the safety of people's lives and property." At present, flood control has entered a critical period, and various departments in various regions are deeply implementing the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Jin Ping, in order to do a good job in flood control and flood control, and protect the safety of the people's lives and property.

Two important instructions emphasize life first

　　Facing the severe flood control situation, General Secretary Xi Jinping attached great importance to it and made important instructions on flood prevention and relief work on June 28 and July 12, respectively. "People are supreme, life is supreme", Xi Jinping requires all departments to insist on ensuring the safety of the people's lives and property, implement their responsibilities, pay close attention to the investigation of hidden dangers, strengthen emergency plans, further strengthen monitoring and early warning, joint prevention and linkage, for the current flood relief work Pointed out the direction.

The situation of flood prevention in many places is severe

　　Since the flood began on March 28, floods and disasters in southern my country have been severe. Especially since June, the southwestern region to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have suffered severe floods and floods, which have greatly affected people's lives and property safety and production and life.

　　At present, my country is about to enter a critical period of flood control in the "seventh and eighth" season. The situation in the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake basins is severe.

　　19 people were killed and 3 people lost contact due to the "6·26" heavy rain disaster in Mianning County, Sichuan; the water levels of many river stations in Jiangxi exceeded the historical water levels in 1998, and the dikes on Guigui Dao, Zhongzhou, and Chongfu dikes in Poyang Changjiang The dike breaks; the Chongqing section of the Qijiang River Basin is in an emergency, and the Chongqing Hydrological Monitoring Station issued the first flood red warning in 80 years; the 42 stations in the Dongting Lake District, Yuanshui Main Tributary, Xiangjiang and Zijiang in Hunan are over-warning, Changde, Yueyang, Shaoyang, Zhangjiajie and other places were severely affected; Shexian County, Anhui Province suffered from floods and waterlogs that occurred once in 50 years. Many severe water accumulations and roads were blocked. The two subjects of language and mathematics of the college entrance examination were postponed. The low-lying area was flooded; the 9 holes of Xin'anjiang Reservoir in Zhejiang Province were fully flooded, the first time in 61 years since its completion...

　　Since June, there have been 433 rivers with over-alarm floods, including 109 over-protection and 33 over-history. The Yangtze River, the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the Xijiang, Beijiang, and Taihu Lakes of the Pearl River Basin all experienced No. 1 flood this year.

　　As of July 13, affected by floods and floods, my country has accumulated 2.246 million emergency transfers. In 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 38.73 million people were affected, resulting in the death of 141 people and the collapse of 29,000 houses.

Multi-party joint flood control to protect life safety

　　After the disaster, many departments responded and coordinated, actively carried out flood prevention, flood relief and disaster relief work, and went all out to protect the lives and property of the people.

　　On July 13th, in response to the current severe flood control situation, the State Defense General Administration decided to send six additional ministerial-level working groups. Seven key areas including Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Chongqing guided and inspected flood prevention and relief work. Up to now, the National Defense General Office and the National Disaster Reduction Committee have successively dispatched 25 working groups.

　　On the same day, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently allocated 600 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to five provinces (cities) in Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Chongqing. Earlier, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management had allocated central disaster relief funds to various underground areas-on June 17, the central flood control and drought relief subsidy funds of 200 million yuan were urgently allocated to three provinces (regions) of Guangxi, Guangdong, and Guizhou; June 29 , Emergency allocation of central government disaster relief funds of 150 million yuan to Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces; on July 8th, central relief funds were allocated to Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) 615 million yuan, of which 430 million yuan was used to support flood prevention and flood relief work in disaster-stricken areas, and 185 million yuan was used to help people in disaster relief

　　In response to the shortage of flood relief materials in many places, the National Defense Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the State Food and Materials Reserve Bureau, have allocated central disaster relief materials to multiple disaster-stricken areas many times to support local disaster relief efforts. Since the flood season, 93,000 central relief materials such as tents, folding beds, quilts, blankets and towels have been allocated.

　　The Ministry of Water Resources organizes analysis, research and judgment on the three major risks of over-standard floods, reservoir failures, and mountain flood disasters in accordance with the division of responsibilities of the national defense department, scientifically dispatches water projects, and blocks 53.2 billion cubic meters of floods in total; There were 128 geological disasters and 5,055 emergency hedges. The China Meteorological Administration has closely monitored various catastrophic weather processes. Since June, the Central Meteorological Observatory has issued rainstorm warnings for 40 consecutive days...

　　The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implements disaster day scheduling, adheres to the 24-hour duty system, and launches a second-level emergency response to agricultural major natural disasters on July 14, dispatching flood relief and disaster relief expert working groups to five provinces, including Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan In conjunction with local agricultural and rural departments, we will improve the technical solutions for flood prevention and relief and post-disaster production recovery.

　　Coming is war, and war is a victory. With the current floods, the People's Liberation Army, the People's Armed Police Force, and fire rescue teams are also rapidly investing in flood prevention and rescue.

　　Hundreds of officers and men of a certain Rocket Army have fought continuously in Jiangxi and successfully ruled out dozens of dangerous dams in the Xihe Donglianwei Gangtou Village section of Poyang County, Xihe Donglianwei Longwei Village Section, Guxiandu Town Xiangyangxu, etc.; More than 7,000 troops of the armed forces went to Jiujiang, Jiangxi, Tongling, Anhui, and other places to participate in flood relief and rescue missions; the officers and soldiers of the Liuzhou Detachment of the Guangxi Corps of the Armed Police Force carried out dredging work overnight in the residential area along the river, and nearly 9500 cubic meters of silt and debris were cleaned in the past 9 hours. The national comprehensive fire rescue team participated in 4,830 rescue and rescue operations, rescued more than 14,800 people who were trapped in distress, and evacuated and transferred more than 61,000 people...

　　Life is everything, and responsibility is more important than Mount Tai. In the face of the grim situation of the current critical period of flood control, the "defense war" for flood control and flood control has been launched in many places.

　　In Jiangxi, the province has invested a total of 316,000 people in various flood prevention and flood relief forces, including cadres, employees, emergency rescue teams, PLA armed police officers, and more than 20,000 vehicles (sets) of vehicles, equipment, and life jackets.

　　In Jiangsu, 31,400 people conducted patrol inspections along the rivers and lakes along the super-alert rivers and lakes in southern Jiangsu. Water conservancy, emergency, firefighting, and troops implemented 13 teams and 6,480 people participated in flood rescue.

　　In Hunan, since the water level of Dongting Lake fully exceeded the police, nearly 200,000 cadres and people around the Lake District patrolled and defended on the waterline every day, promptly dealt with the dangers, and urgently transferred 253,000 people.

　　In Huanggang, Hubei, since entering Meimei, more than 210,000 party members have sunk in the flood prevention and relief field. From July 10th, another 1,000 municipal cadres, more than 1,000 cadres in 6 counties and cities along the Yangtze River, and 146 engineering and technical personnel will be deployed to organize 10,757 people to station on the Yangtze River branch embankment...

　　At present, with the joint efforts of all parties, the flood control and flood control have achieved initial results. In the face of the flood, all localities and departments must put the spirit of "people first, life first" into practice, work together to overcome difficulties, and strive to win the final victory.

　　Text/Yu Ziqing Intern Wang Jianggeng

　　Figure / Wang Xiaoxiao

　　(Source: People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Emergency Management Department, etc.)