The Hubei Province Flood And Flood Relief Study(1949-1956)

China has always been a variety of disasters occurred frequently in the country, disaster relief has become one of the most important task of the Chinese government. The early years of the Republic, at the turn of the old regime, the ruling party in the ruling resources is lack of the social transformation background, China has undergone severe natural disasters, especially in the hinterland of the Yangtze River in Hubei province is faced with not only the old forces of destruction and in a disastrous state broken failure surface, but also had a serious flood and drought disasters, especially in1954, the great flood not occur even in a hundred years in Hubei. Natural calamities and man-made misfortunes in the disaster area people’s life and property safety is threatened, pose a serious challenge to the new regime. In this regard, the provincial government attach great importance and concern, the first Secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee Li Xiannian said:"the flood disaster is Hubei day." The provincial government assume the responsibility of the organization and leadership of flood control and disaster relief. Under the leadership of the central government, Hubei province has formulated a series of positive policies and regulations, the new institutions, the initial formation of the upper and lower consistent relief system; in this system, all levels of Party committees and governments to lead the people to disaster prevention, disaster relief, anti disaster. Comprehensive measures of their organization’s people to reinforce the dam, water conservancy projects, the implementation of flood control; flood control and disaster of post-disaster self-help production, emergency rescue and proper placement of victims, leadership, help them to carry out agricultural, sideline production, resolute struggle with serious flood; at the same time, the party and the government to mobilize the people of the province actively mobilize the enthusiasm, the people from all walks of life, so that people in the disaster areas and other people in the disaster areas to actively respond to the government call, to assist the government in disaster relief, and the other brother provinces for their help, the relief work has been hitherto unknown achievement. The final to win the people’s support and the consolidation of political power. The Hubei province flood relief accumulated some different from the previous government experience, there are still many deficiencies and defects. These deficiencies and shortcomings are today’s disaster prevention and reduction to the lessons learned.With the founding of Hubei province all levels of Party committees and governments leading the people of disaster prevention, disaster, disaster relief work as the research basis, in this period of social and political changes as the background, research after the founding of new China7years of Hubei province to cope with natural disasters, practice and historical experience. Because of the special historical period of flood disaster in Hubei Province, the practice and experience is explored in the previous big floods and gradually formed, especially basic improvement in the experience of the1954after the devastating floods.7years the actual formation of the whole nation, from central to local, national mobilization of flood relief situation. Based on the overall research orientation, pay attention to the following two points:First, pay attention to study at the time of the Communist Party of China to cope with natural disasters, practice and historical experience from the specific policy, disaster relief measures and practical effects. Second, pay attention to the inspection party, interaction between state and people from the disaster relief process.This paper aims to study the founding of Hubei province Party committee and government leadership of the people’s flood relief history after the founding of the PRC, restore the historical appearance, the study of disaster history of contemporary further, and through the disaster relief to see this great event new regime in the domestic trouble and foreign invasion, the lack of resources in the context of social transition, how to actively respond to the disaster, the integration of social, get support, consolidate political power, and provide experience and reference to our country’s current disaster relief work.