A draft law to deal with emergencies went under discussion on Monday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The prevention and control of emergencies are given top priority in the draft. Our reporter Shuangfeng has more.
 Reporter:
Drawing on experience and lessons learned from tackling emergencies in the past, the draft law makes clear a series of regulations from prevention to rebuilding after such emergencies.
Cao Kangtai is the director of the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council. At a conference of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, he stressed that the law would systematically regulate how measures are taken in the case of emergencies, in hopes of increasing the whole society’s awareness of this field.
“Regulations on prevention, preparation, monitoring, warning, responding and rescue work will help prevent emergencies from happening, prevent them from escalating, and reduce resulting damages.”
The draft also stipulated that a command institution be set up to manage emergency response, and that governments at all levels should step up their efforts in emergency response planning and guarantee necessary funds and materials.
In addition, according to the draft, China will set up an emergency pre-warning system and a prevention and measure-taking system.
Experts say this will speed up the establishment of the emergency-response system. Mao Shoulong is from China Renmin University.
“It especially improves the capability of the government, as the draft makes clear that emergency management needs to be guaranteed for finances, materials, and people’s basic life needs. It is preparation for danger in times of safety. ”
Every year over one million people are killed in China by natural disasters and various accidents, causing economic damage worth 6% of China’s annual Gross Domestic Product.
Shuangfeng, CRI news.
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