On May 8, a teleconference on flood control and drought relief was held to assess the situation in Ezhou and plan key initiatives. Sun Bing, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Commander of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, delivered a speech at the meeting. Wang Xiwei, the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor, and Commander of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, presided over the meeting and made arrangements for the work ahead.
Sun Bing stressed the paramount importance of flood control and drought relief in Ezhou. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work. He also called for the conscientious implementation of the requirements discussed during national and provincial flood control and drought relief work teleconferences. Sun Bing urged everyone to "put everything in place" and implement flood control and drought relief measures in detail to ensure the safety of the city, rivers, and the well-being of the people.
Sun Bing emphasized the importance of a strong ideological awareness. He called for an increase in political consciousness and the overcoming of any paralysis or complacency mentality to work on flood control and drought relief simultaneously and with equal importance. He also stressed the need to improve weather forecasting, analysis, and research of floods and droughts. He urged for a focus on safety and prevention first, and to take precautionary measures to respond to the uncertainty of floods and droughts.
Sun Bing emphasized the importance of work deployment. He called for quick entry into the emergency state in the event of a flood or drought through meticulous arrangements and deployment. Sun Bing also stressed the need to remove any hidden dangers. He called for a focus on key issues such as torrential flood and geological disaster, extreme weather, urban flooding, personnel transfer, reservoir flood control, and reservoir safety. Efficient monitoring and early warning systems should be put in place, and comprehensive investigations are required to ensure that no dead ends or omissions occur. Sun Bing emphasized the importance of keeping supplies in place. He mentioned the principle of "being prepared against want" and graded storage, and stressed the need to do a good job in checking, replenishing, and storing supplies to ensure that they can be transported out of the warehouse and into the disaster area for use. Sun Bing stressed the importance of having a well-equipped rescue team. He called for emergency rescue teams at all levels to be fully staffed, verified, and registered. Sun Bing also stressed the need to conduct emergency drills, with a focus on embankment breaches, torrential floods, urban flooding, and other key areas. He emphasized the need to improve emergency plans, strengthen emergency exercises, and constantly improve disaster prevention and mitigation, intelligent flood control, drought control, and water supply capacity. Furthermore, Sun Bing emphasized the importance of being responsible. He called for enhancing the awareness of responsibility and the coordination of scheduling to effectively control floods and droughts. Last but not least, Sun Bing emphasized the importance of strict discipline, such as implementing strict instructions, following on-duty discipline, and adhering to information reporting discipline. He stressed the need to strengthen supervision and inspection to resolutely guard people's lives and property safety with iron discipline.
Municipal leaders Xu Yanguo and Zhang Aihua, as well as heads of member units from the Municipal Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, attended the meeting at the main venue.