Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Communist Party of China, held a meeting on August 17th to study and deploy flood control, flood relief and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. The meeting pointed out that "seven downs and eight rises" is a critical period for flood control. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core, party committees and governments at all levels have strengthened organizational leadership and strictly implemented their responsibilities. The National Defense General and relevant departments and units have performed their duties and worked together. The national comprehensive fire rescue team has rushed ahead, the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force have rushed to help, the central enterprises and social forces have bravely shouldered heavy burdens, and the broad masses of the people have worked together to build a flood control and disaster relief and protect their homes.

　　At present, China is still in the main flood season, and disasters such as heavy rain, floods and typhoons are still high in many parts of the country, and there are still risks of floods in some river basins. The meeting stressed that all relevant regions, departments and units should always tighten the string of flood control and disaster relief, always put the safety of people’s lives and property first, and do a good job in flood control, flood control and disaster relief with a sense of responsibility of "always worrying".

　　Based on the first year, it is more significant to prevent floods and disasters. The National Defense General and all relevant departments and units resolutely implement the spirit of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Conference, perform their duties with due diligence, make concerted efforts and pay close attention to implementation, earnestly do a good job in flood control, flood relief and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and ensure high-quality development with high-level safety.

　　Make every effort to speed up post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and effectively guarantee the safety of people’s lives and property.

　　Measure, take photos and check … Early in the morning, in Qiu Zhuangzi Village, Dongyangzhuang Township, Bazhou City, Langfang City, Hebei Province, Zhao Ke, a surveyor, was busy surveying and registering. Langfang started the post-disaster reconstruction work and comprehensively explored the housing safety situation.

　　"In the past few days, we are going to replant fast-growing vegetables with no harvest plots, so we should pay close attention to the light disaster ‘ One spray and three defenses ’ 。” Zhao Xiaobo, a big grain grower in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, said. Yongnian District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau instructed the affected people to remove stagnant water as soon as possible, plow and scatter soil moisture, and minimize losses.

　　The flood receded, roads were rushed through, villages resumed communication, and farmland was repaired, and the production and living order in the affected areas was accelerating.

　　To implement the spirit of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Conference, all relevant departments and units have always been tight-fisted, never slackened, made comprehensive arrangements, highlighted key points, made overall plans, continued to do a good job in flood control and flood relief, and made every effort to speed up post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

　　— — Post-disaster reconstruction was carried out in an orderly manner.

　　Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission proposed to work out a high-quality master plan for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, effectively implement consistency and overall planning throughout the reconstruction work, and solidly complete the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction tasks in urban and rural residents’ housing, public service facilities, major infrastructure and other fields.

　　The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council organized central enterprises to participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief in severely affected areas, and has invested 420,000 person-times and 140,000 sub-equipment vehicles. Next, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council will further fully mobilize the strength of central enterprises to do a good job in flood control, emergency rescue and disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction.

　　— — Emergency allocation of disaster relief funds.

　　3.83 billion yuan for agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation, 3.83 billion yuan for water conservancy and disaster relief, 1 billion yuan for flood storage and detention areas, and 240 million yuan for highway emergency access … … Since entering the critical period of flood control, the Ministry of Finance, together with the Emergency Management Department, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and other supporting places, has done a good job in emergency rescue and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

　　Since the flood season, the central government has issued a total of 9.684 billion yuan of flood control and disaster relief funds, which strongly supports the emergency rescue in disaster areas, the assistance of the affected people, the recovery of agricultural production, the repair of water conservancy facilities damaged by floods, and the rushing of roads damaged by floods.

　　— — Optimization and simplification of claims procedure.

　　In Fangshan District and Mentougou District in Beijing, the insurance institutions set up a "claim service station at home" to answer questions for car owners on the spot. In shangzhi city and wuchang city, Heilongjiang Province, insurance institutions carried out unmanned aerial vehicle flight and ground survey, and opened a green quick compensation channel for affected farmers.

　　In view of various property losses such as houses, vehicles and crops, how to settle claims has attracted much attention. The State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau recently issued the Notice on Strengthening Insurance Prepayment and Doing a Good Job in Flood Control and Disaster Relief Insurance Claims, proposing the use of scientific and technological survey methods such as drones in agricultural insurance, the implementation of mutual recognition mechanism for survey and loss determination in auto insurance, and the implementation of "one enterprise, one policy" service measures in enterprise property insurance. According to the data of Tianjin Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision Administration, as of August 18th, property insurance companies in Tianjin had received 9,110 insurance reports with an estimated loss of 279 million yuan.

　　Adhere to the bottom line thinking and do everything possible to minimize losses.

　　Unify thoughts and actions with the spirit of the important instructions of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and escort the affected people to rebuild their homes. We must adhere to the people first, life first, and bottom line thinking.

　　How to ensure grain production?

　　"Flooded corn should be supplemented with quick-acting fertilizer as soon as possible." In the past few days, Chen Wencai, an agronomist of the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Yongqing County, Hebei Province, has been stuck in the field to guide the villagers.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently issued the "Notice on Grasping the Recovery of Production after Floods and Winning the Annual Grain and Agricultural Harvest", requiring all localities to take unconventional measures, implement ten measures to restore production after agricultural disasters and stabilize the production of grain and important agricultural products, and resolutely win the tough battle of fighting disasters and winning grain and agricultural harvest.

　　Liu Lihua, deputy director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that it is a major event in the current work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers to do a good job in agricultural disaster relief and resume production, and agricultural and rural departments at all levels should constantly grasp the field management. Up to now, governments at all levels in the disaster areas have invested a total of 540 million yuan to implement 26.38 million mu of post-disaster field management measures such as spraying foliar fertilizer and preventing and controlling pests and diseases. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ agricultural dispatch on August 18 showed that the growth of autumn grain in most parts of the country is generally normal except for the local flood-stricken areas in northeast China.

　　How to prevent the population in poverty-stricken areas from returning to poverty?

　　Effectively run the monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent poverty, do everything possible to increase the income of people affected by poverty, and accurately arrange and use financial convergence to promote rural revitalization subsidy funds & HELIP; … The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (National Rural Revitalization Bureau) will give a tilt to the allocation of subsidies for rural revitalization in 2024, and resolutely hold the bottom line of not returning to poverty on a large scale.

　　How can the affected people and business entities tide over the difficulties?

　　The People’s Bank of China has decided to increase the amount of small loans for supporting agriculture in six provinces of Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Fujian and Chongqing by 35 billion yuan, and continue to support the disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction of financial services in these severely affected areas.

　　The National Defense General Office, the Emergency Management Department and the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau jointly allocated woven bags with a total value of 87.64 million yuan and other central emergency rescue and relief materials to support places. Next, we will guide local governments to refine their work plans, strengthen housing safety appraisal, epidemic prevention and disinfection, and organize the transfer of people to return in an orderly manner. Increase support for the repair and reconstruction of damaged houses, provide timely assistance in winter and spring, and ensure a warm winter.

　　Based on the long-term, further enhance China’s disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities.

　　The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee meeting held on August 17th emphasized that it is necessary to make careful investigation and summary, pay close attention to the shortcomings and strong and weak items, and further enhance China’s disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities.

　　Flood control and disaster relief is an encounter and a protracted war. Relevant departments and units conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, make overall plans for the present and the long term, and make systematic plans and scientific policies.

　　Further strengthen the linkage between meteorological early warning and disaster prediction. The China Meteorological Bureau held a party meeting on August 18th, proposing to do a good job of point-to-point accurate forecasting and rolling update, strengthen the warning prompting and directivity, and strive for more early warning.

　　Further strengthen the emergency headquarters system at all levels. The National Defense Department and the Emergency Management Department put forward the idea of combining far and near, making overall plans, actively planning and promoting a number of projects that lay a solid foundation and benefit the long term, filling shortcomings, strong and weak items and plugging loopholes, consolidating the engineering foundation for flood and drought disaster prevention and response, and improving facilities and systems such as dispatching command, consultation and judgment, and business support.

　　Further improve the river basin flood control engineering system. The relevant person in charge of the Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Department of the Ministry of Water Resources said that the next step is to focus on long-term stability, focusing on key aspects such as the function of forecasting and early warning rehearsal plan, the construction of river basin flood control engineering system, the construction of digital twin river basins, and the rule of law management of flood control system and mechanism, and strive to improve the flood prevention capability of river basins.

　　To get through flood control, disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction, we must also coordinate as a whole and adhere to the system concept.

　　Make overall plans for flood control and drought relief. Since June, there have been staged meteorological droughts in Southwest China, Southeast Inner Mongolia and Northwest China. The National Defense General and the Emergency Management Department have increased their support for drought-resistant funds, technologies, materials and equipment in arid areas, and tried every means to increase drought-resistant water sources. The Ministry of Water Resources has made fine allocation, and dispatched working groups and expert groups to Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia provinces to guide and help local governments to do a good job in drought resistance and water supply.

　　Coordinate flood control and disaster relief with economic and social development. On the one hand, we will focus on the restoration and reconstruction of damaged houses, and on the restoration and reconstruction of key public facilities, and advance simultaneously. The housing and construction departments acted quickly to ensure that the affected people could go home or move into their new homes before winter, and spend the winter safely and warmly. Fangshan Branch of Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission, together with the Municipal Planning Institute, gathered experts and backbone forces in the industry to study and deploy the site selection and planning evaluation of post-disaster resettlement in Fangshan District. While accelerating the restoration of damaged communication facilities, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has strengthened the application of new equipment and new technologies, strengthened the equipment such as drones and all-terrain vehicles, and improved the emergency communication support capability.

　　At present, China is still in the main flood season, and flood control and disaster relief cannot be relaxed at all. Thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and do all the work carefully from beginning to end, we will certainly win a comprehensive victory in flood control, flood relief and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

　　(Reporter Wang Hao, Qiu Chaoyu, Chang Qin, Virginia Lieu)