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Contigency plan issued for accidental calamities
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-23 09:30
The State Council, China's central government, has issued a general plan on
emergency response for accidental calamities.
Nine kinds of accidental calamities, listed on the plan, involve production
safety, railway transportation, civil aviation, marine salvation, subway
transportation, large-scale power failure, nuclear, environment and
communication security.
The plan aims to regulate management and procedure of emergency response for
the nine kinds of accidental calamities, increase the government's efficiency
and competence in the face of accidental calamities, minimize the casualties and
property losses, safeguard people's life and maintain social stability.
Text of the plan is available on the Chinese government's website www.gov.cn
and Xinhua's website www.xinhuanet. com.
The State Council on Jan. 8 issued a general plan on emergency response to
guide the prevention and treatment of various incidents including natural
disasters, accidents, public health incidents and social safety incidents.
The plan stipulates that the State Council is the highest organ in the
management of emergency response. An office in charge of emergency response
management will be set up by the State Council to collect information of various
incidents and coordinate the emergence response work.
The incidents are ranked as Class I (most serious), Class II (serious), Class
III (relatively serious) and Class IV (ordinary). The alarm of the incidents
will be shown with colors of red, orange, yellow and blue respectively,
according to the general plan.
Those who make outstanding contributions to emergency response will be
awarded, while those who fail to report the true state of incidents or cover up
accidents will be punished according to law and regulations, the plan says.
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