The System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief
Human understanding of the natural laws will never be complete. Disaster prevention, mitigation and relief are an eternal issue for humanity.
China suffers the greatest number of natural disasters in the world. The disasters are of various types, occurring frequently across a vast area, and causing great losses. This makes it both an urgent task and a long-term mission to reinforce its system for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief.
Since 2012, the central authorities have paid close attention to disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, and included this in the campaign to modernize the state governance system and capacity. They have coordinated major projects and institutional reforms to strengthen national disaster and risk governance. While prevention remains the priority, disaster prevention, resistance and relief will be combined to guarantee people's life and property security.
In December 2016, the central authorities issued a document on reforming the institutions and mechanisms for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, providing guidance for the whole society's capacity to forestall natural disasters.
At its 19th National Congress, the CPC announced a series of decisions: to promote safe development, and raise public awareness that life matters most and that safety comes first; to improve the public safety system and the responsibility system for workplace safety; to take resolute measures to prevent serious and major accidents; and to build up China's capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief.
In April 2018, the Ministry of Emergency Management was established. Following this, China has included disaster prevention, mitigation and relief in emergency management, and accelerated the creation of a system for efficient, science-based prevention and control of natural disasters, as part of its effort to build a national emergency rescue system in the new era and enhance its comprehensive capacity against disasters, so as to provide strong guarantee to people's life and property security and national security.
防灾减灾救灾体系
人类对自然规律的认知没有止境，防灾减灾、抗灾救灾是人类生存发展的永恒课题。中国是世界上自然灾害最严重的国家之一，灾害种类多、分布地域广、发生频率高、造成损失重。因此，加强防灾减灾救灾体系建设，既是一项紧迫任务，又是一项长期任务。
中共十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的中共中央高度重视防灾减灾救灾工作，将防灾减灾救灾作为国家治理体系和治理能力现代化的重要内容，统筹部署重大工程建设和体制机制改革，推动灾害风险治理能力不断提升。中国创新发展新时代应急管理理念，坚持以防为主、防灾抗灾救灾相结合，全面提升综合防灾能力，为人民生命财产安全提供坚实保障。
2016年12月，中共中央、国务院印发《关于推进防灾减灾救灾体制机制改革的意见》，为全面提升全社会抵御自然灾害的综合防范能力作出指导。2017年10月，中共十九大报告指出，要树立安全发展理念，弘扬生命至上、安全第一的思想，健全公共安全体系，完善安全生产责任制，坚决遏制重特大安全事故，提升防灾减灾救灾能力。2018年4月，国家应急管理部成立，将防灾减灾救灾纳入应急管理工作，加快建立高效科学的自然灾害防治体系，构建新时代国家应急救援体系，全面提升综合防灾能力，为保护人民群众生命财产安全和国家安全提供有力保障。