CCTV News (News Network): May 12, 2025 is the 17th National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. This year's theme is "Everyone talks about safety, everyone can respond to emergency - check for hidden disasters around you." Various publicity and education activities have been carried out in various forms.
The Ministry of Emergency Management and the China Earthquake Administration held a safety knowledge press conference on May 12 to popularize the public with relevant knowledge of earthquake warning, prediction and earthquake prevention emergency; fire departments in Jiangsu, Yunnan and other places went to campuses and communities to explain fire prevention measures to everyone. Firefighters from Fujian, Shandong and other places took everyone to find safety hazards in the electrical lines, fire passages and other aspects of residential places on the spot, and through immersive experience and human-computer interaction technology, everyone's awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and emergency risk avoidance capabilities.
In recent days, emergency departments in Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei and other places have organized earthquake relief drills; with the help of a number of unmanned equipment, they have tested the personnel search and rescue and logistics support coordinated combat capabilities of the rescue team in the extreme conditions of "three cuts" in roads, electricity and communications.
