Anhui Province Holds Province-Wide Flood Prevention and Rescue Connection Meeting

The Anhui Province's Office of the Provincial Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Committee and the Anhui Provincial Emergency Management Department recently organized a province-wide flood prevention and rescue connection meeting. The meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China, aimed to connect and coordinate flood prevention and rescue forces across the province. The meeting was attended by key officials, including Bai Zhonghua, a member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the department, who delivered a speech.

Key Takeaways:

• The meeting was held to convey the spirit of the provincial leaders' instructions and the spirit of the provincial flood prevention and drought relief video conference.
• Flood control, emergency rescue teams at all levels in Anhui Province worked hard to undertake emergency rescue tasks, achieving significant results in flood control and emergency rescue work.
• The meeting stressed the need to be aware of the complex and severe situation facing flood control this year and to strengthen the cultivation of emergency rescue professional capabilities and emergency communication guarantee capabilities.
• The province aims to establish and improve the "1311" flood control and disaster relief emergency command system and implement a four-level flood control and disaster relief emergency command mechanism at the provincial, municipal, county, and township levels.
• The meeting emphasized the importance of linking the military and central government efforts, gathering joint efforts for flood control and emergency rescue, and making comprehensive preparations for preventing and responding to floods.

Statistics:

• Floods above the warning level occurred in the three major river basins of Anhui Province in 2024.
• Significant results have been achieved in flood control and emergency rescue work, ensuring the safe operation of important infrastructure such as water conservancy, transportation, and electricity.
• The meeting was attended by department officials, emergency rescue teams, the Provincial Military Region's Combat Readiness Construction Bureau, some troops stationed in Anhui, and the three major telecommunications operators.

Sources:

• Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China
• Contify.com (Copyright 2021)