The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation held a symposium on post-flood reconstruction in Henan in Zhengzhou

China Daily, 8 Oct (Xinhua) -- On 29 September, the "China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Forum on Post-Flood Reconstruction after the Henan Flood Disaster, co-sponsored by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and the Rural Revitalization Bureau of Henan Province," was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.

Wu Guoding, vice governor of the People's Government of Henan Province, Zheng Wenkai, chairman of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Chen Zhigang, vice chairman of the board, Li Fujun, director of the Department of Social Assistance of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, Guo Kuili, director of the Henan Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau, Liu Wenkui, executive vice chairman of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Kong Jianjun, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau, as well as representatives of caring enterprises, beneficiaries of disaster areas, experts, scholars, and media representatives attended the forum.

In his speech, Wu Guoding said that the good deeds and righteous deeds of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, caring enterprises, and caring people fully embody the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation of being willing to be charitable and charitable and helping the needy and the poor, demonstrate the mission of social forces to fully promote and consolidate the achievements in poverty alleviation, and highlight the feelings of home and country in which the sons and daughters of China are in the same boat and watch over each other. Everyone's love, the people of Henan will always remember in their hearts. In the next step, the Henan government will coordinate and do a good job of linkage, support the implementation of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation's assistance projects in Henan, and implement the strategic cooperation agreement for post-disaster reconstruction. At the same time, I also believe that with the great attention of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the strong support of the relevant ministries and commissions of the state, and the strong support of all sectors of society, the people of Henan will certainly be able to overcome the disaster, resolutely adhere to the bottom line of not returning to poverty due to the disaster, and have the determination and confidence to defeat the epidemic and rebuild a better home.

At the meeting, Zheng Wenkai expressed his gratitude and respect to the enterprises and individuals who donated love and selfless donations in the flood disaster in Henan.

He said that after the disaster occurred, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, under the guidance of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, responded quickly and actively went to the disaster area to carry out emergency rescue work. It has also played an important role in transitional resettlement and preventing poverty from returning to poverty due to disasters. Next, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation will certainly live up to its heavy trust, carefully design post-disaster reconstruction projects, conscientiously organize implementation, and make good use of every money to maximize the effect.

Li Fujun said that in the process of flood prevention and disaster relief in Henan, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation gave full play to its own advantages, raised a total of more than 300 million yuan in disaster relief funds, organized and implemented a series of assistance projects, provided strong support for fighting floods and promoting post-disaster dredging, restoring production and life, and increasing the income of the masses, played an important role, and demonstrated efficient emergency rescue and solid work style. In the process of flood prevention and disaster relief, many caring enterprises and people have generously donated money and materials, which fully reflects the noble feelings of the majority of entrepreneurs and caring people who love the disaster area and repay the society. In the next step, it is hoped that the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation will strengthen its docking with donors and Henan Province, select accurate assistance projects, accelerate the implementation progress, strictly manage funds, and ensure the smooth progress of post-disaster reconstruction and achieve practical results. It is hoped that while continuing to care about and support Henan's post-disaster reconstruction work, the majority of social organizations and enterprises will actively respond to the call of the party and the state, identify the integration point of participation in rural revitalization, continue to play an exemplary and leading role, and contribute wisdom and strength to comprehensively promoting rural revitalization.

At this meeting, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation signed a strategic cooperation agreement on post-disaster reconstruction with the Henan Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau, and the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation was responsible for raising nearly 200 million yuan of donated funds for the recovery and reconstruction of the flood disaster in Henan Province; the Henan Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau was responsible for assisting the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation in implementing post-disaster reconstruction work in Henan Province and providing necessary support for the implementation of the project. This cooperation will help the recovery and reconstruction of poverty-alleviated areas after the disaster, and contribute to consolidating the achievements in poverty alleviation and continuing rural revitalization.

Wang Jun, deputy secretary-general of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, reported on the "work of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation in the Emergency Relief Phase of Henan Flood Disaster". From frequent disasters, emergency relief. Demand-oriented, professional rescue. Unity of purpose and trust. Within the five senses of Minggan, the four parts of not forgetting the original intention introduced the specific work of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation in the emergency rescue stage of the Henan flood disaster.

Zhang Qiang, director of the Risk Governance Innovation Research Center of Beijing Normal University, released the "Henan '720' Post-Heavy Rainstorm Needs Assessment Report" commissioned by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. It aims to understand the urgent needs of the people in the disaster areas through the assessment of residents, government departments and donors in the disaster-stricken areas, and provide a reference perspective and path for social forces in post-disaster reconstruction to effectively coordinate with government departments to participate in post-disaster reconstruction, so as to achieve higher quality and more acceptable post-disaster reconstruction effects from the perspective of resilience construction.

Liu Wenkui introduced the "China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Henan Flood Reconstruction Plan", in this context, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation emergency rescue, transitional resettlement, post-disaster reconstruction three important stages involved in rescue, as well as the 4 important principles and 6 work stages of post-disaster reconstruction. The progress of post-disaster reconstruction was reported on the characteristics of the flood disaster in Henan and the characteristics of the demand found in the survey. In the post-flood reconstruction planning ideas of Henan, the leaders and guests attending the meeting focused on the scale of funds, guiding ideology, implementation of key project directions, progress planning of fund use and typical project planning to the leaders and guests attending the meeting. In the next step, with the strong cooperation and support of the Henan Rural Revitalization Bureau, we will continue to work hard together with caring enterprises to use every penny to the place where it is most needed according to the needs of the people in the disaster area, and use every penny to be effective, so as to turn these money into projects and become the most needed help for the villagers as soon as possible.

Zhao Changhai, secretary of the party branch of Zhao Zhuang Village, Lingshan Subdistrict Office, Qixian County, and Guo Yuming, secretary of the party branch of Huangzhuang Village, Dunfangdian Township, Weihui City, as representatives of the village committees of the affected areas, respectively told the experience of flood prevention and flood control under the guidance of their superior leaders after the disaster occurred, and thanked the Poverty Alleviation Foundation and caring enterprises for their support and assistance. Although there are still many arduous tasks in rebuilding their homeland, they have the confidence and strength to lead the people of the whole village to work tenaciously and diligently, win a comprehensive victory in rebuilding their homeland, and build their hometown into a better place.

Nike Sports (China) Co., Ltd., Bilibili, Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd., Alipay Public Welfare Platform and Tencent Public Welfare Platform spoke on the spot as representatives of caring enterprises and platforms. In their speeches, the representatives of caring enterprises reviewed how various institutions and platforms could exert their own advantages to cooperate with the foundation to carry out disaster prevention activities after the disaster, and also thanked the foundation for its professional and efficient work, hoping to jointly promote the start and implementation of the post-disaster reconstruction project through summary.

At the end of the meeting, a commemorative plaque ceremony was also held to award commemorative plaques to the caring enterprises, paying tribute to the enterprises that donated money and materials to the disaster areas in the floods in Henan, showing a strong sense of social responsibility and love, and thanking these caring enterprises for their selfless dedication and generous donations.

Source: China Daily