Datangxia Water Control Project in the Pearl River Basin (data map) Photo courtesy of the Pearl River Commission
China News Service, June 19. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, on June 19, the National Defense General Administration held a special video conference on flood control to further dispatch and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in the Pearl River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
The consultation pointed out that major tributaries such as the Xijiang River, the main stream of the Beijiang River and the Liujiang River in the Pearl River Basin have recovered in an all-round way, the Xijiang River is about to experience the fourth numbered flood this year, and the Beijiang River will have the second numbered flood this year.
According to meteorological forecasts, as the rain belt moves northward, the southwestern region and parts of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places may cause torrential rain and flood disasters.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to implement the responsibility of leaders at all levels to ensure insurance coverage and the supervision responsibilities of relevant departments, strengthen grassroots analysis and judgment, highlight hidden dangers for investigation and rectification, and improve transfer and hedging plans.
It is necessary to give full play to the role of the flood control and emergency rescue command mechanism, establish and improve an efficient, orderly, and smooth flood control emergency command system, strengthen the organization and leadership of local party committees and governments in flood control and disaster relief work, and earnestly shoulder the main responsibility for flood control and disaster relief.
All levels of finger defense should give full play to the role of leading and grasping the overall force to form an overall synergy.
Improve and improve the front and rear coordination and linkage mechanism, strengthen the unified command of flood control, flood relief and emergency rescue, to ensure fast response, orderly organization, and smooth process.
It is necessary to make comprehensive emergency preparations for preventing major floods, fighting major risks, and responding to major disasters.
Strengthen the linkage between early warning and response, do a good job in the real-time sharing of meteorological warning and emergency response information, and establish and improve the meteorological red warning "call response" mechanism that directly reaches the responsible person at the grassroots level to ensure that early warning information reaches people immediately and preventive measures are in place before the disaster.
Resolutely and decisively do a good job in the transfer of people in dangerous areas to avoid danger, and ensure that they should turn all the way, they should turn, and they should turn early, so as to prevent mass deaths and injuries.
Pre-set strength materials in advance, coordinate the national comprehensive fire rescue team, professional emergency rescue team and other rescue and rescue forces, and pre-set strength materials in important urban areas, important flood control projects, important infrastructure and key weak links.
In response to the large floods in the Pearl River Basin, the National Defense General Administration continued to maintain the three-level emergency response to flood control on the 19th, and has dispatched working groups and expert groups to guide and assist local flood control and flood fighting work in Guangdong and Guangxi.
The working groups dispatched by the National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management are in Jiangxi and Fujian to guide and assist the local governments to do a good job in disaster relief work such as resettlement and assistance for the disaster-stricken people.
The Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, recently allocated central disaster relief materials such as tents, summer quilts, folding beds, and family emergency kits to Guangxi.