There are 38 national mine rescue teams in the country, and more than 10,600 people in distress have been rescued in 10 years

Poster news reporter Jiang Xueying reported from Beijing

On January 20, the reporter learned from the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Emergency Management that at present, there are 38 national mine rescue teams in the country, with a total of more than 6,000 people. Since its establishment in 2011, the National Mine Rescue Team has rescued more than 10,600 people in distress, created a number of rescue miracles, and has been highly praised by the people.

Shen Zhanli, spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Management and director of the Department of Press and Publicity, presided over the press conference. China Net Yang Jia photography

Shen Zhanli, spokesman of the Ministry of Emergency Management and director of the Department of Press and Publicity, introduced that the national mine rescue team is an important part of the national safety production emergency rescue team, mainly relying on state-owned enterprises and related institutions, in accordance with the standard of "domestic leading and international first-class", jointly built, jointly managed and used by the central government, local governments and central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, and is the main force and professional team for handling major accidents in mine safety.

The national mine rescue team implements a "flat" call command mechanism, focusing on ensuring "enterprise, regional, and cross-regional" rescue. When an enterprise has an accident, as the first response force of enterprise rescue, it immediately carries out rescue; when an accident occurs in the region, the local government can mobilize the national mine rescue team in its jurisdiction to participate in the rescue; when a major accident occurs, the Ministry of Emergency Management directly instructs the national mine rescue teams in various places to carry out cross-regional reinforcement.

Shen Zhanli said that the National Safety Production Emergency Rescue Center of the Local Government and the Ministry of Emergency Management has equipped the national mine rescue team with many large-scale equipment, such as large-diameter vertical drilling rigs, high-power drainage pumps, transportation and hoisting, drilling and excavation support and other world-class advanced rescue equipment, in order to effectively carry out the rescue of major accidents such as mines and tunnels. The National Mine Rescue Team participated in the rescue of accidents such as the Didaosheng coal mine in Heilongjiang and played an important role. In addition, it also participated in the emergency rescue of natural disasters such as the exceptionally heavy rainstorm disaster in Zhengzhou, Henan, the Yangpi earthquake in Yunnan and the Maduo earthquake in Qinghai. Since its establishment in 2011, the National Mine Rescue Team has rescued more than 10,600 people in distress, created a number of rescue miracles, and has been highly praised by the people.