Chen Jining went to the Municipal Flood Control Headquarters to inspect and coordinate the deployment of typhoon defense work
The center of this year's 13th typhoon "Bebejia" landed in Lingang, Pudong, Shanghai around 7:30 today, becoming the strongest typhoon to land directly in Shanghai since records began in 1949. All fronts in the city stayed at their posts and worked continuously to maintain the safe and orderly operation of the super-large city and the safety of people's lives and property with hard work. When inspecting, dispatching and deploying typhoon defense work at the Municipal Flood Control Headquarters, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, pointed out that it is necessary to resolutely implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on flood control and disaster relief work, adhere to the people-first and life-first principle, further boost morale and high morale, and truly be on duty and responsible, continue to implement detailed defense measures, coordinate flood control and rescue, disaster relief, investigation and inspection, and subsequent recovery work, and provide strong security guarantees for the full restoration of normal production and living order with efficient and meticulous work.
Before 5 o'clock this morning, Chen Jining rushed to the city's flood control headquarters. Through the city's flood control command system, together with various districts, departments and units, he tracked and analyzed in real time the typhoon's development trend, wind and rainfall trends, and its impact on Shanghai, and understood the defense preparations, response measures, duty and on-site conditions of each district. The city leaders are very concerned about the operation guarantee of the urban area, traffic organization and arrangement, personnel transfer and resettlement, care for the needy, supply of daily necessities, agricultural farmland facilities, tree lodging, power repair, and the deployment and emergency response of various emergency rescue forces. They have made targeted dispatches and deployments based on the actual situation of each district, and have made safety inspections and patrols for the key areas and key links of typhoon defense, especially the "underground risks" of underground rail transit, underground garages, culverts, tunnels, under bridges and other equipment and facilities, "ground risks" in urban and rural dilapidated houses, scenic spots, coastal places, old renovation bases, construction sites, road traffic and other areas, "overhead risks" of high-altitude components such as outdoor billboards, high-altitude structures, external air conditioners, and "invisible risks" that are not within the scope of traditional defense. They have required to speed up the inspection and rectification of gaps, step up emergency response, and do their utmost to prevent secondary disasters. Respond to the concerns of the people in a timely manner, repair power supply and water supply facilities as soon as possible, and minimize the impact on people's lives.
Chen Jining expressed his condolences to the cadres and workers who have been working hard on the front line of typhoon defense in the city, and expressed his gratitude to the citizens who understand, support and cooperate with the typhoon defense work. He said that we must always tighten the string of safety, and ensure that the typhoon does not pass, and do not relax our thoughts and efforts, and do our best to protect the safety of super-large cities and the safety of the people. We must focus on improving the overall prevention capabilities of the whole society, strengthen publicity and education, and social guidance, enhance the people's awareness of disaster prevention and risk avoidance and their ability to save themselves and each other, and promote the formation of a strong joint force to fight typhoons throughout the city. We must strengthen experience summary, improve work mechanisms, and forge a strong team to lay a solid foundation for doing a good job in flood prevention and disaster relief and building a resilient and safe city.
Zhu Zhongming, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and municipal leaders Zhao Jiaming, Zhu Zhisong, Zhang Wei, Chen Jinshan, Li Zheng, Hua Yuan, Hu Shijun, Zhang Xiaohong, Jie Dong, Zhang Yahong, Chen Yujian, Shu Qing and Peng Chenlei attended.
