Typhoon Prasang No. 14: Hangzhou Prepares for the Worst

Liu Jie, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and secretary of the municipal party committee, emphasized the importance of carrying forward the spirit of continuous combat and exchanging the hard work index of party members and cadres for the safety index of the people at the video dispatch meeting on the defense work of Typhoon Prasang No. 14.

Carrying Forward the Spirit of Continuous Combat

The video dispatch meeting on the defense against Typhoon Prasang No. 14 was held in the afternoon, with Liu Jie presiding over the meeting and delivering a speech. He stressed that the city must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on flood control and disaster relief work, conscientiously implement the deployment requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and anchor the overall goal of “no deaths, fewer injuries, and less losses”.

Preparing for the Worst

The meeting was held in the form of a video conference, with branch venues set up in each district, county (city). Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Yao Gaoyuan, and municipal leaders Zhu Hua, Liu Ying, Sun Xudong, Ding Digang, Huan Jinyuan, and Yu Weiguo attended. Liu Jie listened to reports on typhoon trends, defense response work, and contacted Xiaoshan District, Yuhang District, Fuyang District, Lin’an District, and Tonglu County to dispatch flood prevention and typhoon prevention work.

Accurate Judgment and Effective Prevention

Liu Jie pointed out that typhoons and other extreme weather events have been frequent and prone to occur recently. He stressed that it is necessary to accurately judge the development trend of typhoons, attach great importance to the prevention of heavy rainfall, effectively strengthen the safety management of reservoirs and mountain ponds, dynamically eliminate safety hazards, strictly prevent mountain torrents in small watersheds, geological disasters, and urban waterlogging, and strictly prevent secondary disasters caused by heavy rains.

Ensuring Public Safety

Liu Jie emphasized the importance of caring for outdoor workers, reminding platform companies to launch severe weather response plans, and pushing safety warnings to food delivery riders, online car-hailing drivers, etc. in advance to ensure the safety of personnel travel. He also stressed the need to organize primary and secondary schools and kindergartens to go to and from school in an orderly manner, and do a good job in safety management and service guarantees for teachers and students who stay in school and those who are transferred to avoid danger.

Emergency Preparedness

Liu Jie stressed the importance of improving various emergency plans, enriching emergency relief forces, strengthening the replenishment and deployment of emergency rescue equipment, and replenishing the reserves of daily necessities to ensure that once a dangerous situation occurs, the city will properly respond to it in the first place. All levels and departments must adhere to the responsibility of guarding the land, the responsibility of guarding the land, and the responsibility of guarding the land.