(A closer look at China) Anhui visits Xi Jinping to see the Huai River first
China News Service, Beijing, August 19th, title: Anhui visits Xi Jinping to see the Huaihe River first
Author Guo Jinchao Huang Yuqin
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Anhui on the 18th. He came to the Wangjiaba Gate, known as the "First Gate of the Huaihe River in Thousand Miles", to observe the water conditions of the Huai River and learn about local flood control and disaster relief. Wait for the situation. Looking at the Huaihe River first, I observed that this arrangement and the information released during the investigation revealed at least three meanings.
The flood situation in a special year touches people's hearts. Xi Jinping's on-site observation of the Huai River water situation first highlighted the important position of flood prevention and disaster relief in the overall work of the central government this year.
This year, the plum rains in the Jianghuai River Basin have exceeded the historical level, the water level of the Taihu Lake in the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River has exceeded the guaranteed level, and 634 rivers across the country have experienced more than warning floods. On August 18, affected by the heavy rainfall in the Sichuan Basin, Chongqing upgraded its flood control emergency response from level II to level I and immediately entered the emergency flood control period.
Regarding the flood prevention and relief work, as early as mid-to-late May, Xi Jinping asked relevant parties to attach great importance to the flood situation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during this year's flood season. After heavy rains in the south increased in June, he discussed flood prevention and disaster relief work three times within a month and made specific arrangements. Especially on July 17, when Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to study the deployment of flood prevention and disaster relief work, he said that this year is a year of decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and a decisive battle against poverty, and also the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan. In 2010, it is very important to do a good job in flood prevention and disaster relief. He specifically pointed out that flood prevention and disaster relief are related to the safety of people's lives and property, food security, economic security, social security, and national security. The commentary believes that the "five security" is used to emphasize the extreme importance of the overall situation.
This time, Xi Jinping inspected the Huai River water regime, which is regarded as China's geographic north-south boundary and the "weathervane" of flood control, which once again demonstrated that this work is "very important" and must not be slackened.
The second is to demonstrate the consistent governance philosophy and requirements of "people first and life first".
"This has always been something I am concerned about." During the inspection that day, Xi Jinping came to Zhuangtai, Xitianpo, Limin Village, Mengwa flood storage area. Under the scorching sun, he walked into the fields and went to farmers in Zhuangtai to visit and sympathize with the victims.
In the Mengwa flood storage area that Xi Jinping visited, when the Wangjiaba sluice was opened for flood discharge a month ago, the local people paid great sacrifices for the Huaihe Anlan. I learned that the villagers live in Zhuangtai, and there is no electricity, water supply, and daily necessities. Now that the water has receded, everyone is rushing to replant. Xi Jinping said: "I have always been concerned about the people in the disaster area. Seeing that the villagers have success and hope in their production and life, my heart is at ease."
Xi Jinping's "always caring" for the people is also reflected in his series of important instructions and deployments on flood prevention and relief work this year. He asked all regions and relevant departments to uphold the people's supremacy and life supremacy, effectively organize emergency rescue and disaster relief, properly arrange the victims of disasters, and earnestly put the safety of people's lives in the first place. Observations believe that the requirement of “putting people’s lives and property safety first” not only conveys a clear direction to the whole society, but also sets a “priority” for flood prevention and disaster relief, making it clear that “saving people” is the first priority.
Based on the recent data disclosed by the National Defense Administration, some commentators believe that it is precisely because the flood control departments at all levels uphold the concept of "people first and life first", despite the impact of extreme weather, the water levels of major rivers have exceeded historical extremes, but this year they died due to disasters. The number of missing and collapsed houses is significantly smaller than before.
What is noticeable is that during the inspection, Xi Jinping mentioned the modernization of the ability to resist natural disasters, which sent a clear signal to continuously improve the ability of disaster prevention through institutionalization and institutionalization.
At Xitianpozhuangtai, Limin Village, Mengwa Flood Storage Area, Xi Jinping emphasized that in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, we must improve our ability to resist disasters and reach a modernized level in resisting natural disasters.
China is one of the countries most severely affected by natural disasters in the world. It has the obvious characteristics of many types, wide distribution, high frequency, and large differences. Improving the ability to resist disasters is a major test of the ruling party's ability to govern, and it is also an important aspect of China's modernization of its national governance capabilities.
Xi Jinping has always paid great attention to improving China's natural disaster prevention and control capabilities, and emphasized the need to establish an efficient and scientific natural disaster prevention system to improve the society's natural disaster prevention and control capabilities. Specifically for this year’s flood prevention and disaster relief, Xi Jinping asked in May to “strengthen material reserves and organize emergency training and exercises”, and words such as “check hidden dangers” and “make early warnings” appeared one after another in his instructions. . As China enters the "seven lower and eight upper" flood control stage, the possibility of rain belts moving northward increases. Xi Jinping once again made the "first move" deployment, demanding that "we must make overall plans to ensure the safety of the rivers in the north and south during the flood season." All relevant areas must make preparations for pre-plans, team preparations, material preparations, and flood storage and detention area use preparations. They would rather prepare rather than use them, and have no preparations when they are not available.
In addition, a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee a month ago also proposed that it is necessary to comprehensively improve disaster prevention capabilities, including major project construction, important infrastructure shortcomings, urban waterlogging management, strengthening of disaster prevention and preparedness systems, and capacity building. Overall consideration in the 14th Five-Year Plan.
The Foolish Old Man moved the mountains and the Dayu ruled the waters. The Chinese nation has fought natural disasters for thousands of years and has accumulated valuable experience. Observations believe that how to transform these experiences into China's modern ability to resist natural disasters through institutionalized and institutionalized arrangements is also another important consideration for Xi Jinping during his visit to the Huai River. (Finish)