What principles should be followed in natural disaster relief?

The principles that should be followed in natural disaster relief work include people-oriented, government-led, hierarchical management, social mutual assistance and self-help of victims.

I. Definition of natural disaster relief:

Natural disaster relief, in China, refers to a social relief system in which governments at all levels and society provide cash, kind or service relief to victims in order to ensure the basic livelihood of citizens in trouble due to specific disasters such as natural disasters. Natural disaster relief work follows the principles of people-oriented, government-led, hierarchical management, social mutual assistance and self-help of victims.

Second, the relevant provisions:

On June 20 10, the State Council issued the Regulations on Natural Disaster Relief, which made specific provisions on disaster relief preparation, emergency relief, post-disaster relief and management of disaster relief funds and materials.

Natural disasters mainly include:

1, meteorological disaster:

Direct or indirect damage caused by atmospheric variation activities to human life and property, national economy and national defense construction. There are many kinds of meteorological disasters in China, including typhoon, rainstorm, hail, gale, thunderstorm, snowstorm and other meteorological disasters.

It also includes climatic disasters such as drought, flood, continuous high temperature and snowstorm, and meteorological secondary disasters or derivative disasters such as desertification, landslide, debris flow, avalanche, pests and diseases, and tsunami also occur from time to time.

In addition, environmental pollution, marine red tide, major infectious diseases, leakage and diffusion of toxic and harmful gases, earthquake and fire, which are closely related to meteorological conditions, have also become important issues affecting people's lives and safety.

2, geological disasters:

Disasters caused by lithospheric activities. Specifically, the sudden violent deformation, displacement and surface material movement in a weak part of the earth's crust bring sudden disasters to people living in this area, which are called geological disasters.

There are many kinds of geological disasters, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, mudslides, ground fissures, soil erosion, desertification, salinization, seawater intrusion, groundwater variation, spontaneous combustion of coal seams, gas explosion, harmful geogas, loess collapse, and sediment deposition. It can devour the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and destroy the whole city in an instant.