The reasons for the stampede on the Bund in Shanghai on 12·31

The risk of changing the New Year countdown activities has not been assessed

A large number of citizens and tourists believe that the New Year countdown activities will still be held in the Bund Scenic Area, Nanjing Road Commercial Street and the Shanghai Center and Oriental Pearl Tower on the other side of the Huangpu River. Related activities held such as this attracted some citizens and tourists to come here specifically to watch. In this regard, when the Huangpu District Government changed the New Year countdown activities, it did not attach great importance to the possible safety risks of gatherings of people, failed to conduct assessments, and lacked due awareness, leading to errors in judgment.

The publicity of information about changes in the New Year's countdown activities is seriously inadequate

After the changes in the New Year's countdown activities, the organizer should fully inform the public of the event information in advance. However, it was not until December 30, 2014, that the Huangpu District Tourism Bureau officially released the New Year countdown event information. There was no special reminder or extensive publicity on the difference between the "Bund" and "The Bund". The information announcement was not timely and in place. insufficient.

Serious lack of preventive preparations

The Huangpu Public Security Bureau did not comply with the requirements of the Huangpu District Government Executive Meeting and in the security work plan for the New Year’s countdown activities, it only carried out the New Year’s countdown activities at the Bund Source. A safety assessment was conducted, but no special assessment of safety risks in the Bund Scenic Area was conducted. The Huangpu Public Security Bureau, together with the Huangpu District Municipal Committee and other relevant departments, deployed only 350 police officers, 108 city management and auxiliary personnel, and 100 armed police officers in the Bund Scenic Area and along Nanjing Road. The security personnel allocation is seriously insufficient.

There was no timely analysis and early warning of changes in the monitored flow of people, and no prompt information was issued

From 20:00 on December 31, 2014 to the time of the incident, the flow of people in the Bund Scenic Area increased. trend. The Huangpu Public Security Bureau Command Center did not strictly implement the Shanghai Public Security Bureau Command Center’s requirement to report personnel flow monitoring every half an hour, nor did it report to the Huangpu District Committee and District Government General Duty Office in a timely manner. The Huangpu Public Security Bureau failed to take timely and effective measures to deal with the rapid increase in the flow of people at various times, and failed to request the Huangpu District Government to issue an early warning to control the development of the situation. There has been no response to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau’s repeated reminders of situation analysis and assessment requirements.

Inappropriate response

In view of the continuous increase in the flow of people on the night of the incident, and the obvious shortage of existing police personnel at the scene, the Huangpu Public Security Bureau only made partial adjustments to the police deployment , failed to take other effective measures, failed to report to the Huangpu District Government and the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, failed to request reinforcements from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, and failed to implement relevant instructions from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. The handling measures were inappropriate. The Shanghai Public Security Bureau failed to provide adequate guidance and supervision on the Huangpu Public Security Bureau’s handling of the incident. The Huangpu District Government failed to report incident information to the Shanghai Municipal Government in a timely manner.