2024 China (Sichuan·Chongqing)-Japan Disaster Reduction and Relief Exchange Forum Held in Chongqing

On March 12, the 2024 China (Sichuan · Chongqing)-Japan Disaster Reduction and Relief Exchange Forum was held in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. The following guests were present at the Forum and delivered speeches respectively in Wanzhou District and Shizuoka, namely Li Mingquan, Vice President of Chongqing Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Huang Wei, Vice President of Sichuan Provincial Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Liu Xiaoquan, Vice District Mayor of Wanzhou; Takada Mari, Consul-General of Japan in Chongqing; and Koseki Katsuya, Director of the Department of Sub-National Foreign Affairs, Shizuoka Office of Sub-National Foreign Affairs.

Li Mingquan said that joining hands to strengthen disaster management and collectively address challenges is a common expectation of the international community. He expected the Forum to be an exchange platform for experts from all sides to learn from each other and for the audience to learn about disaster reduction and mitigation. He also hoped this event could enhance sub-national exchanges and cooperation on this topic between China and Japan, and thus build a community with a shared future and a security community for mankind through concrete actions.

At the Forum, experiences, and practices were shared, based on the theme of “Disaster Reduction and Relief Around Us,” by six experts from the Wanzhou District Emergency Management Bureau, Wanzhous Blue Sky Rescue Team, Sichuan Dazhou City Geological Environment Monitoring Station, the Red Cross Society of China Guangan Branch, and the Crisis Management Department, Shizuoka Prefecture. The experts also exchanged and interacted with the audience present at the event.

More than ten departments of districts and counties, such as Kaizhou District Liangping District, and JETRO CHENGDU were invited to attend the Forum on-site or online.

3月12日，2024中國（四川·重慶）—日本防災(zāi)減災(zāi)交流會在重慶市萬州區(qū)舉行。重慶市對外友協(xié)副會長李明全、四川省對外友協(xié)副會長黃偉、萬州區(qū)政府副區(qū)長劉小泉、日本駐重慶總領(lǐng)事高田真里，靜岡縣地域外交局地域外交課課長小關(guān)克也分別在萬州和靜岡會場出席交流會并致辭。

李明全表示，攜手加強(qiáng)災(zāi)害治理，共同應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)是國際社會的共同期待。希望交流會既能成為各方專家互學(xué)互鑒、取長補(bǔ)短的交流平臺，又能成為一堂使在場所有觀眾受益的防災(zāi)減災(zāi)知識普及課程，進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)化中日地方防災(zāi)減災(zāi)交流合作，以具體行動推動構(gòu)建人類命運(yùn)共同體、人類安全共同體。

會上，來自萬州區(qū)應(yīng)急局、萬州藍(lán)天救援隊(duì)、達(dá)州市地質(zhì)環(huán)境監(jiān)測站、廣安市紅十字會、靜岡縣危機(jī)管理部的6位專家圍繞“我身邊的防災(zāi)減災(zāi)”主題分享經(jīng)驗(yàn)做法，并與現(xiàn)場觀眾交流互動。

活動還特別邀請開州區(qū)、梁平區(qū)等10余個區(qū)縣相關(guān)部門、日本貿(mào)易振興機(jī)構(gòu)駐成都代表處等線下或線上參會。