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  • China - Officials Deny Delay or Concealment of "Major Incidents" including Bird Flu

    New law passes requiring public notification within 4 hours of emergency incidents.


    Officials in Guangzhou provides six months in administrative demerit normal use after
    July 14, 2010 15:10:41 Source: Guangzhou Daily 【font size】 【Message】 【Print】 【Close】
    "After the emergency, to within four hours in prime time news media." Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Deputy Minister, Provincial Information Office Shou into implementation in the province yesterday morning, "emergency response regulations of Guangdong Province" ( hereinafter referred to as "Regulations"), told reporters a news conference, said the Guangdong provincial government and relevant departments, over and above the present city government have set up spokesperson systems, reporters asked spokesman of the "zero reject" This year is the Asian Games, would require large-scale training spokesman.

    According to reports, the "Ordinance" on July 1 this year take effect.

    Wen-Yuan Zhu's

    The province's employed workers, including 25,000 basic information

    In the news conference, reporters from various quarters around the blocked emergency cover, accountable officials return, unexpected events such as field commanders how to select hot spots have a question, the functions of provincial government departments responsible person answered.

    Reporter: infectious disease, bird flu and other major incidents in the event, we have encountered some of the local government did not timely inform the outside, or even concealed. Our reporters are often hit a snag. The provincial government on how to handle this situation?

    Ji Jiaqi (Guangdong Provincial Emergency Office director): on the one hand we are currently engaged in the province, including journalists, including 25,000 members of grass-roots information, the first time to collect information on reported incidents; the other hand, in accordance with the "Regulations" requirements, establish information platform system, once unexpected events require escalation, above prefecture level city in two hours to report to the provincial government, sensitive information can also leapfrog the papers, was also called on all localities, all units to capture News media reports relevant information, attention to signs posted inside and outside the site of the information. On reporting, penalties for failure to report such acts can be. "Ordinance", to be set up spokesperson systems, there is a sudden, to be released to the media the first time. The existence of some local governments to block reporters things, but sometimes receive information to verify the re-release, not deliberately concealed. Like the 2008 disaster, the Guangzhou Railway Station Jisi a person, am a time we opened a conference.

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