头条英文播报｜Xi: Upgrade emergency management

Traffic police work with rescue workers in an air-to-ground emergency rescue drill in Beijing on Oct 30, 2019. The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau joined with the 999 Emergency Rescue Center, which is affiliated with the Beijing branch of the Red Cross Society of China, to carry out a drill for a "severe traffic accident." [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has underlined the importance of improving China's emergency management, calling it a crucial element in the country's capacity for governance.

Xi made the remark on Friday while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee as it examined the country's emergency management systems and capabilities.

China has suffered some of the world's most serious natural disasters and faces an increasing number of factors that endanger public safety, Xi said, pointing to an urgent need to strengthen emergency management for the long run.

He said this reflects the important responsibility of the government to prevent and defuse major safety risks and cope with various hazards in a timely manner, as well as to fulfill the important missions of protecting people's lives and property and maintaining social stability.

Noting that the country's systems and capabilities for handling natural disasters and dealing with accidents in the workplace have been improving, he urged additional efforts to further modernize by giving full play to the systems' features and advantages.

The country should improve its mechanisms for preventing and defusing risks, strengthen safety assessments in key sectors — for example, hazardous chemicals, mining, road transportation and firefighting — as well as enhance its capabilities in comprehensive monitoring and early warnings for various hazards, Xi said.

He also called for strengthening emergency plan management, precise administration and law-based management, adding that public safety awareness should also be intensified through education.

He stressed the need for the country to strengthen its emergency rescue teams with qualified and highly professional and skilled people capable of effective action, including enhanced air rescue ability.

Xi also called for strengthening technological support for emergency equipment through research and development to optimize and integrate various science and technology resources and promote independent technological innovation. Leveraging information technology is also essential, he said.

Xi urged Party committees and governments at all levels to take major responsibility and devote themselves to the task.

In addition, Xi said, because rescue efforts require great dedication and sacrifice, care should be taken to ensure that rescue teams feel honored in their chosen career.

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记者：曹德胜
播报：Erik Nilsson

【阅读背景】
习近平在中央政治局第十九次集体学习时强调 

充分发挥我国应急管理体系特色和优势 积极推进我国应急管理体系和能力现代化

新华社北京11月30日电 中共中央政治局11月29日下午就我国应急管理体系和能力建设进行第十九次集体学习。中共中央总书记习近平在主持学习时强调，应急管理是国家治理体系和治理能力的重要组成部分，承担防范化解重大安全风险、及时应对处置各类灾害事故的重要职责，担负保护人民群众生命财产安全和维护社会稳定的重要使命。要发挥我国应急管理体系的特色和优势，借鉴国外应急管理有益做法，积极推进我国应急管理体系和能力现代化。

清华大学教授薛澜就这个问题作了讲解，并谈了意见和建议。中共中央政治局各位同志认真听取了讲解，并进行了讨论。

习近平在主持学习时发表了讲话。他指出，新中国成立后，党和国家始终高度重视应急管理工作，我国应急管理体系不断调整和完善，应对自然灾害和生产事故灾害能力不断提高，成功应对了一次又一次重大突发事件，有效化解了一个又一个重大安全风险，创造了许多抢险救灾、应急管理的奇迹，我国应急管理体制机制在实践中充分展现出自己的特色和优势。

习近平强调，我国是世界上自然灾害最为严重的国家之一，灾害种类多，分布地域广，发生频率高，造成损失重，这是一个基本国情。同时，我国各类事故隐患和安全风险交织叠加、易发多发，影响公共安全的因素日益增多。加强应急管理体系和能力建设，既是一项紧迫任务，又是一项长期任务。

习近平指出，要健全风险防范化解机制，坚持从源头上防范化解重大安全风险，真正把问题解决在萌芽之时、成灾之前。要加强风险评估和监测预警，加强对危化品、矿山、道路交通、消防等重点行业领域的安全风险排查，提升多灾种和灾害链综合监测、风险早期识别和预报预警能力。要加强应急预案管理，健全应急预案体系，落实各环节责任和措施。要实施精准治理，预警发布要精准，抢险救援要精准，恢复重建要精准，监管执法要精准。要坚持依法管理，运用法治思维和法治方式提高应急管理的法治化、规范化水平，系统梳理和修订应急管理相关法律法规，抓紧研究制定应急管理、自然灾害防治、应急救援组织、国家消防救援人员、危险化学品安全等方面的法律法规，加强安全生产监管执法工作。要坚持群众观点和群众路线，坚持社会共治，完善公民安全教育体系，推动安全宣传进企业、进农村、进社区、进学校、进家庭，加强公益宣传，普及安全知识，培育安全文化，开展常态化应急疏散演练，支持引导社区居民开展风险隐患排查和治理，积极推进安全风险网格化管理，筑牢防灾减灾救灾的人民防线。

习近平强调，要加强应急救援队伍建设，建设一支专常兼备、反应灵敏、作风过硬、本领高强的应急救援队伍。要采取多种措施加强国家综合性救援力量建设，采取与地方专业队伍、志愿者队伍相结合和建立共训共练、救援合作机制等方式，发挥好各方面力量作用。要强化应急救援队伍战斗力建设，抓紧补短板、强弱项，提高各类灾害事故救援能力。要坚持少而精的原则，打造尖刀和拳头力量，按照就近调配、快速行动、有序救援的原则建设区域应急救援中心。要加强航空应急救援能力建设，完善应急救援空域保障机制，发挥高铁优势构建力量快速输送系统。要加强队伍指挥机制建设，大力培养应急管理人才，加强应急管理学科建设。

习近平指出，要强化应急管理装备技术支撑，优化整合各类科技资源，推进应急管理科技自主创新，依靠科技提高应急管理的科学化、专业化、智能化、精细化水平。要加大先进适用装备的配备力度，加强关键技术研发，提高突发事件响应和处置能力。要适应科技信息化发展大势，以信息化推进应急管理现代化，提高监测预警能力、监管执法能力、辅助指挥决策能力、救援实战能力和社会动员能力。

习近平强调，各级党委和政府要切实担负起“促一方发展、保一方平安”的政治责任，严格落实责任制。要建立健全重大自然灾害和安全事故调查评估制度，对玩忽职守造成损失或重大社会影响的，依纪依法追究当事方的责任。要发挥好应急管理部门的综合优势和各相关部门的专业优势，根据职责分工承担各自责任，衔接好“防”和“救”的责任链条，确保责任链条无缝对接，形成整体合力。

习近平指出，应急管理部门全年365天、每天24小时都应急值守，随时可能面对极端情况和生死考验。应急救援队伍全体指战员要做到对党忠诚、纪律严明、赴汤蹈火、竭诚为民，成为党和人民信得过的力量。应急管理具有高负荷、高压力、高风险的特点，应急救援队伍奉献很多、牺牲很大，各方面要关心支持这支队伍，提升职业荣誉感和吸引力。（来源：新华社）
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