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China's oceanic head calls for more marine disaster prevention measures

16:53, May 12, 2011

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China's prevention mechanism for marine disasters should be further improved to cope with the country's rising number of coastal calamities, the head of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said Thursday.

"Current disaster prevention measures cannot meet the demands of economic and social development and rapid population growth in coastal regions," Liu Cigui, the SOA director, told Xinhua in an interview.

Liu said China is one of the countries that suffer serious marine disasters. Scores of storm waves hit the country's coastal regions each year, causing damage to dams and coastal projects, flooding of offshore areas and casualties. He cited a 2006 storm tide in China that left 300 people dead or missing.

China has been running on high alert for marine disasters since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan in March, spurring a tsunami and damaging a nuclear power plant.

Liu said many nuclear power or chemical plants as well as oil and gas storage bases in China's coastal regions lack a risk evaluation system for possible tsunamis and other disasters.

"Once a disaster similar to Japan's occurs, these coastal facilities will be destroyed, causing nuclear and chemical leakage, or oil spills," he said.

Liu said the country's marine observation capabilities are still weak. He said the observation layout should be optimized and the disaster early-warning system should be improved.

A risk evaluation system for large coastal projects should also be established, he said.

Education and publicity for marine disaster prevention and reduction should be enhanced to boost social awareness, Liu said.

Thursday marks the country's third Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. The day was set to commemorate the day, May 12, 2008, when a deadly earthquake struck southwestern Sichuan Province, leaving 87,000 people dead or missing.

Source: XinhuaRelated Reading