Chongqing - Recently, the China (Sichuan·Chongqing) - Japan Disaster Reduction and Relief Exchange Forum was held in the Wanzhou District of Chongqing Municipality. 

The China (Sichuan·Chongqing) - Japan Disaster Reduction and Relief Exchange Forum was held in the Wanzhou District of Chongqing Municipality. (Photo/Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government)

Li Mingquan, Vice President of Chongqing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said that joining hands to strengthen disaster management and collectively address challenges is a common expectation of the international community. 

He hoped that the exchange meeting could serve as a platform for experts from all sides to learn from each other, complement each other's strengths, and become a disaster reduction and relief knowledge dissemination course benefiting all attendees, further strengthening Sino-Japanese local disaster reduction and relief exchange cooperation, and promoting the concrete actions to build a community with a shared future for humanity and a common human security.

During the meeting, six experts from the Wanzhou District Emergency Management Bureau, Wanzhou Blue Sky Rescue Team, Sichuan Dazhou City Geological Environment Monitoring Station, Sichuan Guang'an City Red Cross Society, and the Crisis Management Department of Shizuoka Prefecture shared their experiences and practices in disaster prevention and relief, focusing on the theme of "Disaster Reduction and Relief Around Us," and interacted with the audience.

On March 12, experts shared their experiences and practices in disaster prevention and relief, focusing on the theme of "Disaster Reduction and Relief Around Us," and interacted with the audience. (Photo/Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government)

The event also invited more than ten relevant departments from districts and counties, such as Kaizhou District and Liangping District, as well as the Japan External Trade Organization's Chengdu Office, to participate online or onsite to benefit the exchange meeting with more effectiveness and reaching a more comprehensive range, and actively exploring the possibility of connecting with enterprises, effectively transforming foreign affairs resources into development resources, and promoting high-quality development and high-level safety benign interaction.

The exchange meeting was jointly organized by the Chongqing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Sichuan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Wanzhou District Government, the Consulate General of Japan in Chongqing, and Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan, with the Wanzhou District Government's Foreign Affairs Office as the host.

Source: Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government