Xi Jinping presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to listen to the report on the emergency response to the flight accident of China Eastern Airlines MU5735 aircraft on March 21

  The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting on March 31 to listen to the report on the emergency response to the flight accident of China Eastern Airlines MU5735 aircraft on March 21, and make arrangements for the next step.

CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.

  The meeting pointed out that after the "3.21" China Eastern Airlines MU5735 flight accident occurred, the Party Central Committee attached great importance to it, and General Secretary Xi Jinping immediately gave important instructions, emphasizing the need to immediately activate the emergency mechanism, make every effort to organize search and rescue, properly handle the aftermath, find out the cause as soon as possible, and do It is good for the families of the victims to comfort and serve the families.

All relevant parties acted upon the order, responded quickly, organized civil aviation, emergency response, public security, military, health and Guangxi and other forces, in accordance with the overall requirements of "unified command, division of responsibilities, in-depth and meticulous, scientific and orderly", to do a good job in an all-round way. about work.

At present, the aftermath, accident investigation and other work are being carried out in an orderly manner.

  The meeting emphasized that we are deeply saddened that this accident resulted in the tragic death of 132 people on board.

It is necessary to adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life, and do a good job in handling the aftermath in an in-depth and meticulous manner.

It is necessary to continue to do a good job in sorting and handing over the remains of the victims, so as to give dignity to the deceased and comfort to their families.

It is necessary to increase the assistance and relief work for the families of the victims, so that the families of the victims can feel at ease.

All relevant parties should carry out accident investigations in a scientific and orderly manner, organize experts from various fields to comprehensively analyze aircraft data and various material evidence, and find out the cause and nature of the accident as soon as possible.

It is necessary to do a good job of follow-up information release in a stable and orderly manner, continue to release information in accordance with the principles of timeliness, accuracy, openness and transparency, and actively respond to social concerns.

  The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to adhere to the overall development and safety, development must not be at the expense of safety, and all parties must learn lessons and draw inferences from each other, further improve the safety production responsibility system, do a good job in the implementation of safety production responsibilities, and comprehensively carry out safety production throughout the country. Major inspections, comprehensive investigation and rectification of hidden risks, to prevent and curb the occurrence of various accidents to the greatest extent, and maintain the overall social stability.

If an accident occurs due to non-implementation of responsibilities, inadequate measures, and mere formality of investigation and rectification, not only the responsibility of the directly responsible personnel, but also the relevant leaders should be seriously investigated and held accountable.

  The meeting also studied other matters.