Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 27 (Reporter Zhou Yuan) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management on the 27th that the recent large-scale gathering of people in some popular tourist cities may bring related safety risks. In response to this, the Office of the State Council’s Safety Committee issued a reminder letter to urge and guide relevant regions to effectively strengthen safety management in places with densely populated areas and key industries such as fire protection, gas, transportation, culture and tourism.
The Office of the State Council Safety Committee emphasized that relevant regions should organize inspections and sorting out scenic spots and attractions in their jurisdictions where social attention is high and tourists gather during holidays, and find out the distribution and regular characteristics of popular tourist cities. "One city, one policy" and "one place, one policy" strengthen targeted prevention measures, not only protecting the "fireworks" but also weaving a tight "safety net".
The Office of the State Council’s Safety Committee requires that we should keep a close eye on popular scenic spots, Internet celebrity check-in places, and large-scale mass activities such as New Year’s Eve activities and fireworks performances, and comprehensively investigate and rectify various risks and hidden dangers such as crowded and trampled, collapse of buildings (structures); focus on key places such as food streets, amusement parks, cultural and museum units, and strictly investigate prominent problems such as illegal construction fire operations and blocking evacuation channels in accordance with the law, and strengthen third-party construction safety management around urban gas pipelines.
In addition, we must strengthen the law enforcement and control of road traffic around popular scenic spots and amusement places, and strengthen the inspection and control of hidden dangers of cableways, cable cars, large amusement facilities, glass plank roads, slides and other facilities and equipment; we must formulate and improve emergency plans for key periods, important activities, tourism peaks, and holiday safety risks, and prepare emergency rescue teams, equipment and materials in advance.
