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Zhong Yuan: Li Keqiang talks about “self-protection” in disaster areas | Flood | Xi Jinping

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[Epoch Times, July 27, 2021]The floods in Henan, the hurricanes in Shanghai and Zhejiang have caused a lot of chaos and losses. The true death toll is still unknown. The high-level CCP never showed up in the disaster area. On July 26, Li Keqiang came to the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters to preside over a video conference, revealing some facts, and demanding “timely warning, timely response, and improvement of emergency response capabilities and self-protection awareness of the masses”.

When Li Keqiang faced demands from local officials and advised the people to “protect themselves,” he seemed to have no confidence in provincial and municipal officials. Li Keqiang also knows that no amount of criticism is useful, and the next flood prevention and disaster relief efforts will have to count on the same officials. Li Keqiang has no right to appoint or remove provincial and municipal officials, whether it is the secretary of the provincial party committee, the governor, or the secretary of the municipal party committee, the mayor, etc. Seeing these people sabotage their work and politics, or are afraid of taking responsibility and not daring to make decisions lightly, Li Keqiang has nothing to do.

In fact, there are many big decisions that even Li Keqiang can’t make, and his recent performance is not reasonable.

High-level CCP unmanned command to fight disaster for many days

On July 20, heavy water poured into the subway in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The video that shocked the passengers was circulated on the Internet, and the CCP senior officials had to express their views. On July 21, Xi Jinping issued instructions to flood prevention and disaster relief, requiring leading cadres at all levels to “take the lead and command the front.”

Xi Jinping had already gone to Tibet at that time. Li Keqiang might want to “command forward,” but the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party should have agreed that no one can go to the disaster area. On July 21, Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council. Party media reports only stated that “the meeting pointed out that there have been heavy rainfalls in many places in my country in recent days” and that “all preparations have been made to prevent disasters that may be caused by abnormal weather. The evacuation of the evacuation.”

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Later, in a supplementary article on the website of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, Li Keqiang said that “to maximize the safety of the people and reduce disaster losses.” After Xi Jinping gave instructions on July 21, Li Keqiang did not continue the instructions, and only made some verbal requirements at the State Council meeting; it was unusual for Li Keqiang to preside over the meeting at the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters until July 26.

Generally speaking, after a similar disaster occurs, the CPC Central Committee should immediately establish a flood prevention and disaster relief leading group to coordinate and command various departments, but there has been no similar report so far. The bigger problem may be, if such an organization is established, who will be the leader of the leading group? If Xi Jinping personally assumes it, he will need to assume a series of follow-up responsibilities; if Li Keqiang is allowed to assume it, Xi Jinping may not be willing to delegate power. Li Keqiang has served as the leader of the epidemic prevention work leading group, but he obviously didn’t count. He also did not convene the epidemic prevention work leading group meeting for a long time.

After the Zhengzhou subway scandal, the tragedy of the Zhengzhou Jingguang Tunnel was soon exposed. It was allegedly blocked by the army and no one was able to approach and understand the details. Even if there was no army, armed police and even general police were dispatched, Li Keqiang said nothing. The Ministry of Public Security belongs to the State Council in name, but Li Keqiang can’t actually command it. Even the Ministry of Emergency Management, I am afraid that it will first act with Xi Jinping’s wink.

Not only was Li Keqiang unable to go to the disaster-stricken area, he was not really given the power to command flood control. He probably lacked real power more than Wen Jiabao during the Wenchuan earthquake.

In recent days, not only did no high-level CCP go to the disaster area, but no one publicly came forward to direct the flood prevention and disaster relief work. This kind of strangeness should be tacitly understood within the CCP, and naturally no one mentions it. Li Keqiang may not want to get involved either. After all, the negative effects of Henan and Zhengzhou are too great to hide in time. Who wants to take the initiative? Since there is no real power, Li Keqiang would rather wait and see first. Therefore, it was not until July 26 that Li Keqiang arrived at the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. It is estimated that it would be more appropriate for Li Keqiang to come forward after the top leaders of the CCP communicate with each other.

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On July 26, the city of Yuyao near Ningbo in Zhejiang Province was hit by floods. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

Li Keqiang requested“Open and transparent”

Li Keqiang was publicly pushed to clean up the mess, and he also told the truth by the way. According to the website of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, at the flood control meeting on July 26, Li Keqiang said, “Currently it is the most critical stage of flood control.” The region has a greater impact, and the flood control situation is very severe.” It is necessary to “minimize losses to a minimum” and “minimize casualties.”

This is probably what the Chinese Communist Party officials are saying more closely to the truth. The loss is inevitable, and it can only be seen whether it can be minimized. This statement may not have much effect on local officials, but at least it is better than slogans like “protect the people’s lives and property.”

Li Keqiang also said that it is necessary to “see truth from facts, open and transparently release rescue and other information”, “strengthen the early warning response mechanism, achieve timely early warning and timely response, and improve emergency response capabilities and self-protection awareness of the masses.”

This is equivalent to criticizing the local officials for not “openly and transparently releasing” disaster information, not for “timely response”, and for lack of “emergency response capabilities”. In the end, they had to advise the people to improve their “self-protection awareness.” Li Keqiang did not dare to mention that the reservoir secretly discharges the flood in the middle of the night, but without prior notice, the people of course can only “protect themselves”.

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Li Keqiang reveals the facts about the disaster in Zhengzhou

Li Keqiang also specifically mentioned, “In emergency situations, in response to serious urban waterlogging, the masses must be organized to avoid danger in time, except for special industries, to suspend work, school and business decisively to ensure the smooth flow of electricity, water supply, and communication in important units such as hospitals. Especially for crowded people. For urban subways, tunnels, underground spaces, etc., there must be hard measures to ensure the safety of the people. It is better to be more strict, stop when it is stopped, and seal when it is closed, so as to effectively avoid casualties.”

This is almost a summary of the inaction of Zhengzhou officials, and it is also a kind of official announcement of the Chinese Communist Party on the Zhengzhou disaster. Although Li Keqiang did not mention floods and only called “severe urban waterlogging”, he publicly listed a series of failures in Zhengzhou’s response. “Metros, tunnels, and underground spaces” were all mentioned, and he also disclosed “electricity, water supply, and communications”. The problem shows that the actual situation is quite serious.

Li Keqiang also called for “recovery of power supply, water supply, transportation and communications as soon as possible” and “make good use of social donation funds in an open and transparent manner”.

It can be seen that many disaster-stricken areas still lack water, electricity, transportation and communications, and Li Keqiang also knows that social donation funds may be greeted by some people. Li Keqiang’s words let the people know more of the truth, which is really embarrassing.

Finally, Li Keqiang said that it is necessary to “conscientiously sum up experience and lessons, improve emergency plans and related systems, and improve the ability to prevent and respond to major emergencies.”

This already smells of accountability, but although Li Keqiang was pushed to deal with the funeral, he did not have the corresponding personnel rights, and he could only tell the truth. The most useful word for the common people is to increase “self-protection awareness.”

Editor in charge: Gao Yi #

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