[CCTV Quick Comment] Effectively safeguard the safety of people’s lives and property and the stability of the overall social situation

Recently, floods and droughts have occurred in many parts of my country, and all regions will enter the main flood season. General Secretary Xi Jinping has issued important instructions on the current flood control and drought relief work, instructing all regions to "make every effort to respond to the disaster, do everything possible to search and rescue the lost and trapped people, properly resettle the affected people, ensure the normal production and living order, and minimize the losses caused by the disaster". The General Secretary emphasized that "it is necessary to strengthen disaster monitoring and early warning, investigate risks and hidden dangers, prepare sufficient equipment and materials, improve work plans, effectively respond to various emergencies, and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property and the stability of the overall social situation."

In recent years, extreme weather disasters have occurred frequently in my country and around the world. General Secretary Xi Jinping has always paid close attention to the development trends of flood, drought and rainfall in various regions, and has issued important instructions and instructions on many occasions, providing important guidance for all regions and departments to concentrate their efforts on responding to disasters, rely on science and technology to enhance disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities, and effectively respond to various extreme weather disasters.

At present, large-scale and continuous heavy rainfall has occurred in many parts of southern my country, and floods and geological disasters have occurred in Guangdong, Fujian and other places, causing casualties and property losses. The rainfall in some parts of Guangdong has exceeded the historical extreme and previous forecasts. At the same time, high temperatures continue in many parts of the north, and drought has developed rapidly in some areas. Most parts of Henan have experienced continuous high temperatures and little rain, and the soil has lost moisture seriously. In flood control and drought relief work, party committees and governments at all levels must adhere to the principle of "people first, life first", promptly solve problems for the people, and minimize the losses caused by disasters. Timely early warning and prevention should be carried out, trapped people should be quickly transferred, and disaster-stricken people should be properly resettled so that they have safe shelter, clean water to drink, hot meals to eat, and timely treatment for illnesses. We must increase resource investment, make good use of various facilities, plan to repair water-damaged engineering facilities in a timely manner, restore production and living order as soon as possible, and strive to minimize all kinds of losses.

It is a common practice for a country to be prepared for the unexpected. As my country enters the main flood season, the flood control situation is becoming increasingly severe. We must conscientiously implement a series of important instructions from General Secretary Xi Jinping on flood control and drought relief, further strengthen risk awareness and bottom-line thinking, and firmly establish the concept of "it is better to be defensive than to be defensive", resolutely put an end to paralysis and fluke mentality, make full preparations, grasp all work in a down-to-earth manner, and fight the "active battle" to deal with various natural disasters. We must implement all responsibilities and measures in every link and every position. We must further establish and improve the organizational system for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief at the grassroots level, improve the level of scientific, professional, intelligent and refined governance, and continuously improve the ability to respond to various natural disasters and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

Disasters are orders. Party committees and governments at all levels should always maintain a working state of "always being worried", go deep into the grassroots to investigate various risks and hidden dangers, make predictions in advance, and command from the front to effectively enhance the people's sense of security. In the face of disasters, the majority of party members and cadres should act upon orders and charge forward, and take practical actions to protect the lives and property of the people and maintain social stability, so that the party flag will fly high on the front line of flood control and drought relief.