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and supported to work with other community organiza-
tions, garrisons, social service institutions and social work
institutions in community disaster reduction. This will form
a good coordinationmechanism for comprehensive disaster
reduction in communities and ensure the organization and
leadership of the work on community disaster reduction.
Actively promote the development of organizations and
volunteers for community disaster reduction
– meas-
ures such as service outsourcing or purchase will be
adopted to foster and support civil organizations engag-
ing in disaster reduction and relief, and direct them to
participate in community capacity building for disaster
reduction. Development of volunteers for community
disaster reduction will be strengthened and volunteer
activities related to community disaster reduction will
be carried out to improve the vitality of the community
disaster reduction.
Vigorously carry out publicity and education on community
disaster reduction
– efforts will be made to form a mecha-
nism for publicity and education and to develop it into a
regular work. More attention will be paid to the needs of
the people to:
• Carry out publicity, education and rehearsals for disaster
prevention and reduction in popular forms
• Promote general households to be equipped with mate-
rials for disaster prevention and reduction
• Spread knowledge of disaster prevention and reduc-
tion as well as risk prevention and self-help, so as to
minimum the risks for and losses in disasters.
disaster prevention and reduction, focusing on the National Day
for Disaster Prevention and Reduction and the International Day
for Disaster Reduction.
The theme of ‘Disaster reduction from communities’ was identi-
fied for the National Day for Disaster Prevention and Reduction in
2010. A wide range of publicity, education and rehearsal activities
on disaster prevention and reduction were carried out on a large
scale in communities throughout the country, effectively enhancing
public awareness about disaster prevention and reduction, skills for
disaster prevention and self-help.
Future focus
Disaster reduction is an important measure in adapting to climate
change, and community disaster reduction is a top priority in
the work on disaster reduction. In the coming years, the Chinese
Government will continue to improve the capacity of communities
for disaster reduction, focusing on the following aspects.
Place more responsibilities for community disaster reduction on
governments at all levels
– efforts will be made to strengthen aware-
ness of the importance of community disaster reduction, implement
the various measures for the work in this respect, increase invest-
ment in disaster reduction in economically backward communities,
strengthen the construction of facilities and equipment for commu-
nity disaster reduction, and create at least 5,000 national
demonstrating communities for disaster reduction in 2011-2015.
Continue to improve the working mechanism for comprehensive coordina-
tion of community disaster reduction
– the role of village (neighbourhood)
committees will be given full play. Their sound organic systems and solid
foundation of work will be used, and these committees will be directed
Sharing information on disaster risk reduction
Image: Huaxia community in Guangdong province