中国政府白皮书《中国的减灾行动》(中英对照).pdfVIP

中国政府白皮书《中国的减灾行动》（中英对照） Foreword 前言 In recent years, natural disasters happened frequently around the world and have caused enormous losses of life and property to human society. They pose a common challenge to all the countries in the world. 近年来，全球频发的自然灾害给人类社会造成了巨大的生命和财产损失，自然灾害成 为各国面临的共同挑战。 China suffers the most natural disasters of all countries. Along with global climate changes and its own economic takeoff and progress in urbanization, China suffers increasing pressure on resources, environment and ecology. The situation in the prevention of and response to natural disasters has become more serious and complicated. 中国是世界上自然灾害最为严重的国家之一。伴随着全球气候变化以及中国经济快速 发展和城市化进程不断加快，中国的资源、环境和生态压力加剧，自然灾害防范应对 形势更加严峻复杂。 Always placing people first, the Chinese government has all along put the security of peoples lives and property on the top of its work, and has listed the disaster prevention and reduction in its economic and social development plan as an important guarantee of sustainable development. In recent years, China has been comprehensively implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, further strengthened legislation as well as the building of systems and mechanisms on dis-aster prevention and reduction, committed to building on disaster-prevention capacities, encouraged public contribution, and actively participated in international cooperation in this respect. 中国政府坚持以人为本，始终把保护公众的生命财产安全放在第一位，把减灾纳入经 济和社会发展规划，作为实现可持续发展的重要保障。近年来，中国全面贯彻落实科 学发展观，进一步加强减灾的法制和体制、机制建设，努力推进减灾各项能力建设， 大力倡导减灾的社会参与，积极开展减灾领域的国际合作，不断推进减灾事业发展。 The devastating Wenchuan earthquake, which occurred on May 12, 2008, caused massive human casualties and property losses, and caused immeasurable sufferings to the Chinese people. In the wake of the disaster, t