Xu inspects safety management measures at Baishaxi Wharf in Qinglang Township. (Photo by Yang Zhiwei/Huaihua Daily)
On the morning of July 7th, Xu Zhongjian, secretary of Huaihua Municipal Party Committee, conducted a special inspection and supervision of water and road transportation safety in Yuanling County. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement general secretary Xi Jinping’s important statements and instructions on safety production, improve and implement a safety supervision mechanism on water and road transportation by effectively enhancing the level of intrinsic safety and building a solid safety defense line, so as to ensure the safety of people’s travel. Yu Jianyong and Zhang Youping participated in the inspection, both of whom are vice mayors of Huaihua Municipal Government.
At the maritime terminal in Yuanling County, Xu gained a detailed understanding safety supervision and emergency rescue of water transportation. At Baishaxi Wharf in Qinglang Township, Xu inspected the specific safety management measures such as setting sails and life jacket wearing. He emphasized the need to strictly implement the safety production responsibility system, resolutely prevent and overcome negative tendencies such as formalism, barely meeting safety standard, and relying on luck, continue to carry out the investigation and rectification of water transportation safety risks and hidden dangers, strengthen inspections and checks on key water areas, key time periods, and key docks, and effectively implement various safety measures. He added that attention should be paid to strengthen water traffic law enforcement and crack down on illegal and irregular behaviors and to strengthen technological empowerment and improve safety supervision mechanisms so as to comprehensively enhance safety supervision capabilities and levels. Efforts should also be made to strengthen the construction of emergency rescue teams for water traffic safety, improve emergency plans, enhance pertinence and operability, improve emergency rescue capabilities, so as to ensure that quick and effective rescue can be made in case of emergencies. Last but not least, effort should also be made to strengthen publicity and education by innovating ways and methods in order to comprehensively enhance public safety awareness.
In Wuqiangxi Town, Xu inspected and learned about the implementation of rural passenger transportation safety measures. He stressed the need to implement a new round of rural road improvement actions and continuously promote the high-quality development of the “Four Good Rural Roads”. He pointed out that efforts should be made to improve and perfect the management mechanism of road traffic safety in rural areas by tightening the responsibilities of all parties so as to jointly safeguard the safety of road traffic in the countryside. Therefore, we need to conduct in-depth investigations and rectification of risks and hidden dangers in county and township highways, bridges, and tunnels, and improve life protection projects on sharp bends, steep slopes, and sections facing water and cliffs. We also need to carry out a special joint law enforcement action on persistent traffic problems, closely monitor key vehicles, and seriously investigate and punish serious traffic violations such as illegal operations, overloading and fatigue driving for the purpose of creating a safe and orderly traffic environment.
(Translated by Chen Min)