Analysis Of The Disaster-relief Mechanism Of Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area

Taking the disastrous public crisis management system theory as the guide, and taking the ways taken by the party, government, army and people in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas to establish and improve the disaster-relief mechanism as a perspective, this thesis makes an overall survey of the whole course of the disaster-relief work in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas from three aspects: disaster-prevention mechanism, disaster-relief mechanism and post-disaster reconstruction mechanism. Since the disasters can not be predicted, in order to reduce the occurrences of and the loss from the disasters, it is necessary to get ever prepared for danger when enjoying security. Preparedness ensures security. It is a fact that in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas, the leading organs of the party and the government take precautions before it is too late, emphasizing the priority of disaster-prevention over disaster-relief. Guided by a series of policy papers for preventing famine and other disasters, the counties, districts and townships in the base areas set up spring plowing committees, leading the masses of the people to plow in spring, harvest and plant in summer, harvest in autumn and plant in winter; to build granaries to hide away food provisions among the masses of the people; to call on people to "empty their houses", leaving nothing unusable to the invading enemy; to open up wasteland as new cropland, and to store up relief supplies. Meanwhile, they propagate the importance of disaster-preparedness among people to improve their consciousness of the significance of disaster-prevention; they lead the campaigns of planting trees, building water conservancy projects, and improving the ecological environment, all for reducing the occurrences of disasters. When disasters do occur, the governments in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas make a quick response, taking quick measures, making rigorous arrangement, and having a reasonable coordination: they release laws and decrees in time for helping poor people in the disasters, saving for disaster-relief, and fighting a financial battle; they improve their work of disaster verification and report, trying to make clear the real situation in the disaster-stricken areas; they promptly form up a relief executive system to help the relief organizations each performs its own function well, including the leading organs for making relief decisions, standing relief organizations for unified leadership, and temporary relief coordinating organizations. The system meanwhile supervises the work of each relief organization in order to guarantee relief measures to be properly carried out. Since post-disaster reconstruction is closely related to the interest of people in disaster-stricken areas, and to the economic construction and social stability in these areas, the relief organizations in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas settle the disaster-stricken people properly, and take many supporting policies and measures related to agriculture, finance, industry and commerce, education, etc. to help these people to resume their work and life, with an expectation of setting up a long-term effective post-disaster reconstruction supporting mechanism.The disaster-relief mechanism in Shandong anti-Japanese base areas reflects a positive interaction between governmental institutions and between the government and the masses of the people, which clearly shows the features of a modernized disaster-relief mechanism. With its modern, scientific, mass-oriented, and forward-looking features, the mechanism is carried forward and innovated by Shandong liberated areas and offers a valuable historical reference for today's disaster prevention and combat.