Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 7 (Xinhua) Recently, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee issued the Notice on Giving Full Play to the Fighting Fortress Role of Grass-roots Party Organizations and the Vanguard and Exemplary Role of party member in Flood Control and Disaster Relief. The full text is as follows:
Since China entered the main flood season in an all-round way, there have been heavy rainfall and long duration in some places, and floods and geological disasters have occurred in some areas, especially in the first-line dike of Dongting Lake in Tuanbei Village, Tuanzhou Township, Huarong County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, where the flood control situation is grim. In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on flood control and disaster relief work and the relevant decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, the relevant matters concerning giving full play to the role of grass-roots party organizations as fighting bastions and the vanguard and exemplary role of party member in flood control and disaster relief are hereby notified as follows.
First, leading cadres at all levels should strengthen their duty and command, and resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of flood control and disaster relief. Leading cadres at all levels should clearly understand the seriousness of the current flood control situation, adhere to the people first and life first, further strengthen risk awareness and bottom line thinking, and do a good job in flood control, disaster relief and emergency rescue with a sense of responsibility of "always worrying" and extremely serious and responsible spirit, and go all out to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property and the overall stability of society. It is necessary to be strictly on duty, pay close attention to and scientifically judge the development and changes of public opinion in the region, keep a close eye on key areas and weak links, comprehensively investigate, improve plans, strengthen early warning, and make various emergency preparations in advance. We should take the lead, go deep into the front line, and strengthen on-site dispatch and command to the places where the disaster is the most serious, the rescue is the most difficult, and the people need it most, so as to ensure that the flood control, disaster relief and rescue work is carried out vigorously and orderly. Leading cadres in disaster-stricken areas such as Hunan should quickly organize forces to carry out emergency rescue work, strengthen dike inspection, find and deal with dangerous situations in time, transfer and properly resettle the affected people in time, minimize disaster losses and prevent secondary disasters. At the same time, it is necessary to make overall plans to fight drought and reduce disasters, and prevent a sharp turn of drought and flood.
Second, the grass-roots party organizations in the disaster-stricken areas and cadres in party member should be conscientious and take the lead, and actively participate in flood control and disaster relief work. We should give full play to the political and organizational functions of grass-roots party organizations, pool the resources of all parties, mobilize the people in party member, and build a strong fighting fortress for flood control and disaster relief. It is necessary to do a good job in publicity and prevention, make full use of the Internet, mobile phones, rural radio, billboards and other media, and publicize the disaster warning, preventive measures, response and other information to every household and everyone in the first time, so as to improve the people’s awareness of disaster prevention and avoidance and self-help ability. It is necessary to strengthen early warning and investigation, give full play to the advantages of Party building in leading grass-roots governance system and mechanism and the role of grid governance, organize party member people to carry out inspections, focus on strengthening monitoring and inspection of key parts such as dangerous reservoirs, high-level ponds and dams, mountain flood disaster risk areas, hidden danger points of geological disasters, urban waterlogging-prone points, and dilapidated houses in urban and rural areas, truthfully submit information on dangerous situations and disasters at the first time, and timely organize people in threatened areas to transfer to avoid risks. It is necessary to do a good job in the resettlement and rescue of the affected people, organize township (street) and village (community) cadres to rely on the grid to investigate the disaster situation from house to house, rescue the trapped people, resume production and life, and ensure that the affected people have food, clothing, shelter and clean drinking water, and can be treated in time if they are sick. It is necessary to improve the mechanism of emergency mobilization in party member, organize village (community) party member to lead the masses to work together for disaster relief and emergency rescue by setting up party member Commando and Volunteer Service Team, setting up party member Pioneer Post and Responsibility Area, etc.Actively mobilize party member, a new employment group, such as network car drivers, truck drivers, network delivery agents and couriers, to participate in flood control and disaster relief nearby on the premise of protecting their own safety. In areas where the disaster is particularly serious, it is necessary to organize party member cadres to report to the village (community) and promote the first secretary in the village and the task force to be transformed into a flood control and disaster relief rescue team on the spot. It is necessary to combine the ongoing party discipline study and education, further tighten the "clockwork" of discipline, and provide a strong guarantee for flood control and disaster relief work with iron discipline and strict style.
Third, Party committees and organizations at all levels should take immediate action, give full play to their functions, and encourage the cadres in party member to play a role in flood control and disaster relief. It is necessary to regard flood control and disaster relief as touchstones and grindstones, promote grass-roots party organizations to give full play to the role of fighting bastions, and organize and mobilize the broad masses of party member cadres to be brave and take the lead in flood control and disaster relief. It is necessary to inspect and identify cadres in the front line of flood control and disaster relief, and take their performance in flood control and disaster relief as an important basis for evaluating cadres. It is necessary to guide grass-roots party organizations to discover and test activists who have joined the Party, and to promptly develop those who have outstanding performance and meet the requirements. We should pay attention to discovering, summarizing and commending the advanced grass-roots party organizations and outstanding communist party member models emerging in flood control and disaster relief, widely publicize their touching deeds and lofty spirit, and encourage the broad masses of party member cadres to take risks, face difficulties and work hard. It is necessary to strengthen the care for party member cadres in the front line of flood control, disaster relief and emergency rescue, and, jointly with relevant parties, give timely pensions and condolences to party member and cadres’ families who died in the line of duty to help them solve their difficulties. Relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities should make good use of the allocated party membership fees, and implement matching funds from the management of party membership fees at the corresponding level in combination with the actual situation, and allocate them to the grassroots in time to achieve earmarking.
Party organizations in flood control command, emergency management, water conservancy and public security, civil affairs, transportation, health and epidemic prevention, energy and electricity, communications and other units and cadres in party member acted on news of the "flood season", based on their duties and responsibilities, and devoted themselves to flood control and disaster relief. Strengthen coordination and cooperation, timely discuss and judge, effectively allocate resources, and effectively unite to form a strong synergy for flood control and disaster relief.
Party organizations at all levels in non-disaster-stricken areas and cadres in party member should, in accordance with the unified arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, carry forward the spirit of support from all sides and help disaster-stricken areas to carry out disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction in various forms.
Grass-roots party organizations and cadres in party member play a role in flood control and disaster relief, please report to the Central Organization Department in a timely manner.