The State Sports General Administration of China urgently convenes an event safety management work conference and organizes forces to rush to Gansu
China News Service, Beijing, May 24. The State General Administration of Sport of China urgently convened the "National Sports System Strengthening Event Safety Management Work Conference" on the evening of the 23rd to further consolidate the safety management of the sports system and continuously improve the safety risk prevention and control system in the sports field. And initiatives.
On May 22, the 2021 (fourth) Yellow River Stone Forest Mountain Marathon 100km cross-country race was held in Baiyin City, Gansu Province. A public safety incident occurred due to sudden changes in local weather, resulting in 21 deaths and 8 injuries.
It was revealed at the meeting that the State Sports General Administration of China convened party group members overnight to study response measures, arranged for the first time to communicate with Gansu, learn more about the accident, and organized forces to rush to Gansu to assist local rescue and disposal work.
Gou Zhongwen, director of the State Sports General Administration of China and secretary of the Party Leadership Group, emphasized in his speech that sports events, as the focus of sports work and the hotspots and focal points of public attention, are also a link where various accidents and safety risks are intertwined and prone to occur frequently. There is no room for loss in safety management, and we must firmly hold the bottom line of safety development.
He pointed out that improper management of any link in sports events may cause accidents and cause heavy losses.
One is that there are many sports events and various risks.
Second, sports events cover a wide range of people and there are many types of risks.
The third is that there are many organizing bodies of sports events, and the safety management capabilities are uneven.
Fourth, uncontrollable factors such as extreme weather have further increased the complexity and severity of risks.
Gou Zhongwen said that we must further implement the work safety requirements of "the party and government have the same responsibilities, one post with two responsibilities, joint management, and dereliction of duty", adhere to the bottom line thinking in daily work, and make the prevention and resolution of major risks a top priority. .
To strengthen the risk assessment of sports events.
It is necessary to further strengthen industry management responsibilities and effectively improve the safety management level of the sports industry.
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