Xi Jinping presides over the third meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Director of the Central Finance and Economics Committee presided over the third meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee on the afternoon of October 10 to study the improvement of my country's natural disaster prevention and control capabilities and the planning and construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting and emphasized that strengthening the prevention and control of natural disasters is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. It is necessary to establish an efficient and scientific natural disaster prevention and control system, improve the natural disaster prevention and control capabilities of the whole society, and provide strong guarantees for the protection of people's lives and property safety and national security; planning and construction The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is of great and far-reaching significance to the long-term stability of the country and economic and social development of Tibet.

Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Premier of the State Council and deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic CommissionWang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and member of the Central Finance and Economics Committee, and Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and member of the Central Finance and Economics Committee, attended the meeting.

The meeting heard reports from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the China Railway Corporation.

The meeting pointed out that China is one of the countries most seriously affected by natural disasters in the world. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, the party and the government have attached great importance to the prevention and control of natural disasters, giving full play to the political advantages of China's socialist system in concentrating efforts on major events, and the effectiveness of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief is universally recognized. At the same time, my country's natural disaster prevention and control capabilities are still relatively weak. Improving natural disaster prevention and control capabilities is an inevitable requirement for achieving the "two centenary" goals and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is related to the safety of people's lives and property and the country. Security is also a major test of our party's ability to govern, and we must pay close attention to it.

The meeting emphasized that to improve the ability to prevent and control natural disasters, it is necessary to fully implement Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, firmly establish the "four consciousnesses", and coordinate the overall layout of the "five in one". Promote the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, and adhere to the combination of prevention and rescue, adhere to the unity of normal and non-normal disaster relief, strengthen comprehensive disaster reduction, overall resistance to various natural disasters. We must adhere to the leadership of the party and form a natural disaster prevention and control pattern in which all parties work together to manage and cooperate; adhere to people-oriented, and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property; adhere to ecological priority, and establish a harmonious relationship between man and nature; adhere to prevention, Efforts to minimize the risks and losses of natural disasters; adhere to reform and innovation, and promote the modernization of natural disaster prevention and control systems and prevention capabilities; adhere to international cooperation and work together to promote natural disaster prevention and prevention.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to promote the construction of a number of key projects in key areas and weak links. It is necessary to implement disaster risk investigation and key hidden danger investigation projects, grasp the base number of hidden risks, implement ecological restoration projects in key ecological function areas, restore the functions of forests, grasslands, rivers and lakes, wetlands, deserts and marine ecosystems, implement coastal zone protection and restoration projects, build ecological seawalls, and enhance the ability to resist typhoons, storm surges and other marine disasters. Implement strengthening projects for building facilities in earthquake-prone areas to improve earthquake resistance and disaster prevention and drought, improve the flood control and drought relief engineering system; implement the comprehensive management of geological disasters and the relocation of safe-haven immigrants, and implement the "13th Five-Year Plan" geological disaster avoidance and relocation tasks; implement the construction of emergency rescue centers, build several regional emergency rescue centers; implement natural disasters Monitoring and early warning information projects, improve the comprehensive monitoring of multiple disasters and disaster chains, early risk identification and early warning capabilities; implement the modernization of natural disaster prevention and control technology and equipment, we will step up efforts to tackle key technical problems and improve the professional technical and equipment level of our rescue teams.

The meeting emphasized that the planning and construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a need to promote national unity, maintain national unity, and consolidate border stability, a need to promote Tibet's economic and social development, and a major measure to implement the Party Central Committee's strategy for governing Tibet. It is necessary to grasp the overall idea of scientific planning, technical support, ecological protection, safety and reliability, strengthen unified leadership, strengthen the preliminary work of the project, strengthen the guarantee of construction and operation funds, carry forward the spirit of "two roads" and the spirit of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and promote project planning and construction with high starting point, high standard and high quality.

Members of the Central Financial and Economic Committee attended the meeting, and responsible comrades of relevant departments of the central and state organs attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.

Source: Xinhua News Agency