The 10th anniversary of Wenchuan earthquake is the best commemoration.

　　△ On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Yingxiu, Wenchuan to inspect the development and revitalization in the 10 years after the earthquake.

　　May 12, 2018 is the tenth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake. On that day ten years ago, there was a landslide and devastation, which caused great losses to people’s lives and property. We commemorate this day not only to remember the dead, but also to pray that the disaster will not repeat itself. China is a country with frequent disasters. Natural disasters are hard to avoid, but they can be effectively defended. With a good disaster prevention and mitigation system, casualties and property losses will be greatly reduced.

　　May 12th is also China Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day. In the past few years, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, China has made great progress in building a scientific disaster prevention, mitigation and relief mechanism in addition to making great achievements in post-disaster reconstruction. In this year’s national institutional reform, in order to improve the ability of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, an emergency management department was set up.

　　China is one of the countries with the most serious earthquake disasters.

　　China is one of the countries with the most serious natural disasters in the world, with many kinds of disasters, wide geographical distribution, high frequency and heavy losses, which is a basic national condition.

　　△ The above data comes from the official website of Seismological Bureau of China and a press conference held by State Council Office in September 2008.

　　Breakthrough progress has been made in the reform of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief system.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader attaches great importance to disaster prevention and mitigation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary has repeatedly given important instructions in this regard. On May 29th, 2015, when the Political Bureau of the Central Committee conducted a collective study on improving the public safety system, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed the need to adhere to the policy of putting prevention first, combining prevention with rescue, and combining normal disaster reduction with abnormal disaster relief, so as to comprehensively improve the comprehensive prevention ability of the whole society against natural disasters.

　　On July 28th, 2016, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Tangshan City, Hebei Province. He stressed that at present and in the future, efforts should be made to strengthen organizational leadership, improve the system, improve laws and regulations, promote the construction of major disaster prevention and mitigation projects, strengthen disaster monitoring and early warning and risk prevention capacity building, improve the disaster resistance of urban buildings and infrastructure, improve the fortification level and disaster resistance of rural housing, increase disaster management training, establish a long-term mechanism for publicity and education on disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, and guide social forces to participate in an orderly manner.

　　△ The supreme leader presented a flower basket to the compatriots killed in the earthquake in Tangshan.

　　On October 11, 2016, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the 18th Central Leading Group Meeting for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, and deliberated and adopted the Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the System and Mechanism of Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief. In January 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the System and Mechanism of Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief, which made comprehensive arrangements for the reform of the system and mechanism of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief. The opinions made specific arrangements for improving the overall coordination system, improving the territorial management system, improving the social forces and market participation mechanism, comprehensively improving the comprehensive disaster reduction capability, and earnestly strengthening organizational leadership.

　　On March 17th, 2018, the State Council’s institutional reform plan was passed at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress. According to this plan, an emergency management department will be set up, with the aim of promoting the formation of an emergency management system with China characteristics, which is unified in command, professional and regular, responsive, linked up and down, and combined in peacetime and wartime, and improving the ability of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief. Among them, the earthquake emergency rescue responsibility of China Seismological Bureau is also included in the Emergency Management Department. On the morning of April 16th, the Emergency Management Department was officially listed.

　　This series of measures shows that China has made breakthroughs in establishing a scientific disaster prevention, mitigation and relief system. The establishment of emergency management department plays a very important role in strengthening, optimizing and coordinating the national emergency capacity and building a unified command, consistent power and responsibility, authoritative and efficient national emergency system.

　　The earthquake emergency rescue system has been continuously improved.

　　Specific to earthquake emergency rescue, from Wenchuan, Sichuan to Yushu, Qinghai, from Lushan, Sichuan to Ludian, Yunnan, China’s earthquake emergency rescue system has been tested and honed by disasters again and again, and it has been continuously improved in response speed, material preparation, technical equipment, linkage mechanism and many other aspects, which has promoted the improvement of disaster relief efficiency.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the people in the disaster area many times.

　　In terms of disaster relief, after every natural disaster, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader is most concerned about the safety of the people. Saving people is always the first priority he emphasized.

????△ On January 19, 2015, the Supreme Leader came to the transitional resettlement site of Hongqi Community in Ganjiazhai, Xiaozhai Town, Ludian County to visit the affected people.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader also visited the earthquake-stricken areas many times to inspect the post-disaster reconstruction work. On the morning of February 12 this year, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader went to Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County to inspect the development and revitalization in the 10 years after the earthquake. From January 19th to 21st, 2015, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the cadres and the masses in the earthquake-stricken area of Ludian, Yunnan. From May 21 to 23, 2013, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the affected people in Lushan earthquake-stricken area, Sichuan.