Ministry of National Defense and Emergency Management： Further implement various flood control and drought relief measures.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the Emergency Management Department, on August 19th, in order to implement the spirit of the second plenary meeting of The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and the State Council, the National Defense General Office and the Emergency Management Department organized video consultation and dispatch on flood control and drought relief, and jointly consulted with the China Meteorological Bureau, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Natural Resources to judge the rain, flood, drought and disaster, and video dispatched Tianjin, Gansu, Sichuan and other provinces to arrange flood control and drought relief work in key areas.

　　The meeting stressed that it is still in the main flood season, and it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary as the primary political task at present and in the future. In accordance with the deployment requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, we should adhere to the people first and life first, take the sense of responsibility of "always worrying", further compact the responsibility, refine the division of tasks, do a good job in flood control, drought relief and disaster relief from beginning to end, and earnestly put the safety of people’s lives in the first place.

　　The meeting pointed out that the main stream of Songhua River in Northeast China has retreated below the warning water level, and the dikes in Haihe River Basin are still in danger at the stage of retreating. The difficulty of transferring personnel management has gradually increased with time. The local heavy rainfall in South China, Jiangnan, southwestern Sichuan and Yunnan is sporadic and frequent, and the drought in Northwest China continues and may develop further. The situation of flood control and drought relief is still very complicated.

　　The meeting called for ensuring that flood control responsibility measures are put in place, and urging administrative responsible persons at all levels to arrive at their posts, sink to the front line, and command from the front, so as to truly be responsible, responsible and conscientious in guarding the soil. It is necessary to continue to do a good job in flood control and drainage in the Haihe River Basin, strengthen inspection and defense of flood discharge channels and dikes in flood storage and detention areas, strictly guard against major dangers during the water withdrawal period, continue to promote waterlogging in waterlogged areas and flood storage and detention areas, and do a good job in blocking and restoring flood diversion gates in an orderly manner. It is necessary to strictly guard against local heavy rainfall. In view of weak links such as small and medium-sized river floods, small and medium-sized reservoirs’ safety in flood season, mountain torrents and geological disasters, and urban waterlogging, we should encrypt patrol duty and emergency response, strictly implement the responsibilities and measures of early warning and call, transfer risk avoidance, and rescue, resolutely transfer threatened people such as mountain torrents, hidden dangers of geological disasters, low-lying areas along the river, and construction sites, and make overall plans for flood control, security and production safety in industrial and mining enterprises during flood season. It is necessary to speed up disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction, take on-the-spot verification, satellite remote sensing and other means to carry out disaster assessment quickly and dynamically, scientifically determine areas that need key support, urge all localities to make good use of disaster relief funds, and do everything possible to speed up the recovery and reconstruction of damaged houses to ensure that the affected people can go home or move into new homes as soon as possible. At present, Xinjiang, Gansu and other provinces with severe drought should further improve the emergency plan for drought relief, strengthen drought relief consultation and drought statistics, ensure the drinking water safety of urban and rural residents, and make overall plans for drought relief.