On June 29, Xu Zhongjian, secretary of the CPC Huaihua Municipal Party Committee, supervised and inspected flood prevention and disaster relief in Jingzhou and Huitong, and visited the staff on the patrol duty. He stressed that we should thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s guiding principles on flood control and disaster relief, follow the decisions and requirements by CPC Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Hunan Provincial Government, strengthen patrol duty, and implement prevention and control measures, ensuring the safety of flood control.

In Outuan and Xinchang Township of Jingzhou, Xu Zhongjian had a detailed understanding of patrol duty and evacuation of people. He underscored the need to  fully identify the risks and hidden dangers of households near the slope or the ditch or the cliff or the stream, and once the early warnings or signs of danger are received, what we should do at the first time is to evacuate the people, and then do a good job in the resettlement and management of them. In Malukou Village of Pingcha Township, Xu Zhongjian had a detailed understanding of the rotation duty in emergency. He required that we should give full play to the role of the village Party organization as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members, keep an eye on the key parts and weak links of defense such as flash floods in mountainous areas and potential geological hazards, prepare emergency forces in advance, and timely organize the threatened people to transfer to safety. In Shuiniangtang Hydropower Station, Xu Zhongjian learned about the storage capacity of reservoirs, flood discharge, patrol duty and so on. He required that we should pay close attention to such situations as precipitation, water and floods, always keep an eye on changes in reservoir water levels, and scientifically regulate flood storage.

(On June 29, Xu Zhongjian, secretary of the CPC Huaihua Municipal Party Committee, supervised and inspected the flood control and disaster relief in Jingzhou and Huitong. The picture shows Xu Zhongjian learning about the patrol duty in emergency situation in Malukou Village of Pingcha Township in Jingzhou County.)

In Shaxi Township and Jinziyan Dong and Miao Township of Huitong, Xu Zhongjian has a detailed understanding of patrol duty, disaster prevention, risk aversion and evacuation. He stressed that the main responsible comrades of villages and towns should be familiar with the relevant situation of flood control in the areas under their jurisdiction, make overall scientific arrangements for relief forces, and implement various measures for flood control. At a disaster site next to the provincial motorway in Tuanhe Township, Xu Zhongjian inspected risk control and evacuation of people on the spot. He stressed the need to bolster publicity and education on the knowledge of disaster prevention, dynamically organize people to avoid risks and evacuation, and prevent people from causing accidents because of returning without permission. In Disifang Village and Gaoyi Ancient Village, Xu Zhongjian had a detailed understanding of the water situation along river basin and the prevention and control of geologic hazards. He underlined the necessity of closely monitoring the changes of precipitation, water and floods, and discover and eliminate hidden dangers in a timely manner.

(Xu Zhongjian learned about patrol duty, prevention of geologic hazards, risk aversion and evacuation. Photo / Yang Zhiwei)

During the supervision, Xu Zhongjian affirmed that at present, Huaihua City is still in the red warning area in terms of rainstorm; the prevention of geologic hazards, flood control and disaster reduction are extremely severe and complex. Departments at all levels in the city should resolutely shoulder the major political responsibility of protecting the safety of one area, regard flood prevention and disaster relief as an overriding important task at present, strictly implement the “631” forecast and early warning response mechanism with a sense of high responsibility, carried out the “six effective measures” to the letter, and give full play to the role of community-level Party members and cadres, ensuring flood control, rescue, and disaster relief in an effective and orderly way.

（Translated by Yang Sigui）