Nanning, Feb. 5 (Lin Hao, Wang Yizhao) Zhou Changqing, director of the Emergency Management Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said that in 2024, Guangxi will comprehensively promote foreign exchanges in the field of emergency management, accelerate the pace of construction of the core base of China-ASEAN emergency management cooperation, promote the construction of the United Nations international medium-sized rescue team, and deepen cooperation with ASEAN in the fields of education and training, talent training, monitoring and early warning, and linkage response.
The picture shows the scene of the Guangxi Emergency Management Work Conference. Photo by Lin Hao.
From February 4th to 5th, the 2024 Guangxi Emergency Management Work Conference was held in Nanning, and Zhou Changqing made the above statement at the meeting. He introduced that in 2023, Guangxi will continue to expand foreign exchanges and cooperation in the field of emergency management, successfully host the 2023 China-ASEAN Emergency Management (Work Safety) Cooperation Forum and the 2023 China (Guangxi)-ASEAN Emergency Equipment and Technology Exhibition, and promote the signing of emergency management cooperation and exchange framework agreements between China and two pairs of sister cities in ASEAN countries. At the same time, Guangxi joined hands with Cambodia, Laos and other ASEAN countries to hold 4 training activities, and organized special skills training for "1,000 first responders of ASEAN students".
Zhou Changqing said that this year, Guangxi will promote the signing of an agreement with the Ministry of Emergency Management on the joint construction of the China-ASEAN emergency management cooperation base as soon as possible, set up a working group of the China-ASEAN emergency management cooperation ministries and regions, prepare for the China-ASEAN Emergency Management International Cooperation Forum and the emergency equipment and technology exhibition at a high level, and actively serve the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future and a China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
Zhou Changqing also introduced that in 2023, Guangxi will pay close attention to the construction of the emergency response system, strengthen disaster prevention and control, and successfully deal with major dangers such as the "7.19" Longxu River Reservoir dam flooding, the Baisha River three overflowing embankments, and the "8.24" Lingyun extreme rainstorm and flood disaster. Organize and carry out the Guangxi Emergency Mission 2023 comprehensive combat drill to deal with heavy rain and floods and geological disasters, promote the implementation of housing facilities reinforcement projects in prone areas, and steadily respond to the sea area of Beibu Gulf5Level 0** Impact.
Last year, the situation of production safety and disaster prevention, mitigation and relief in Guangxi continued to be stable and improving, with the number of production safety accidents, the number of fatalities, and the number of injuries all declining year-on-year, and there were no major production safety accidents, major fire accidents, and major forest fire accidents.
Zhou Changqing said that this year, Guangxi will consolidate the responsibility for safe production, carry out a three-year action to tackle the root cause, prevent major risks in key areas, and strengthen various safety prevention measures. In the field of emerging industries, we should manage the "no one cares" in advance, and make up for the "easy to leak" to prevent and curb the occurrence of major accidents.
In addition, Guangxi will actively promote the pilot exploration, summary and promotion of "multi-member integration" of grassroots emergency management, open up the "last mile" of emergency management, improve the ability to respond to major disasters and accidents, prevent natural disasters from causing major personnel, and minimize disaster losses.