People’s Daily Online, Beijing, January 4 (Zhu Jiang) "China is one of the countries most seriously affected by marine disasters in the world." The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources that according to the statistics of the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Department, in the past 10 years, the average annual direct economic loss of marine disasters was 11.7 billion yuan, with an average annual death (including missing) of 93 people. In recent 30 years, the average sea level rise rate in China is 3.3 mm/year, which is higher than the global average. Under the background of global climate change, the risk of major marine disasters along the coast is becoming increasingly prominent. With the rapid increase of marine economic activities, the offshore waters are seriously polluted and the marine ecological environment is destroyed.
During the institutional reform of the central and state organs, the Ministry of Natural Resources set up a marine early warning and monitoring department to fulfill the responsibilities of marine disaster prevention and mitigation, whose main responsibilities include "formulating policies and systems for marine observation and forecast and marine scientific investigation and supervising their implementation. To carry out marine ecological early warning and monitoring, disaster prevention, risk assessment and hidden danger investigation and management, and issue warnings and bulletins. Construction and management of the national global ocean stereoscopic observation network, and organization of marine scientific investigation and survey. Participate in emergency response to major marine disasters. "
Wang Hua, deputy director of the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Department, made it clear that it provided an important organizational guarantee for the effective implementation of the principles, policies and decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the prevention and control of natural disasters. The first task of the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Department is to do a good job in the top-level design of marine observation and forecast and marine scientific investigation, and the second is to continuously improve the basic capabilities of marine observation, monitoring and investigation, and further improve the marine early warning and monitoring business system. At the same time, it is necessary to make overall plans for the connection between marine disaster prevention and mitigation, land space planning and ecological protection and restoration.
At present, marine early warning and monitoring work faces five problems.
"What we are facing is a situation where challenges and opportunities coexist." On November 7, 2018, in a series of interview programs with the Director of the Department of Natural Resources, Wang Hua said that after years of development, marine observation, early warning and disaster reduction have formed a good working foundation. In 2012, the State Council promulgated the Regulations on the Administration of Marine observation and forecast, which filled the legal gap in the work of marine observation and forecast in China. After decades of development, the ocean observation business system has gradually formed, which consists of ocean station network, buoy network, radar network, volunteer ship, satellite remote sensing and so on, basically covering China’s inshore, offshore and some key sea areas. Established a marine forecasting system from national to local. The focus of disaster prevention and mitigation has been constantly moving forward, and the business system of marine disaster risk prevention has basically taken shape.
Wang Hua believes that the current marine early warning and monitoring work faces five problems. First, the laws, regulations and institutional standards of marine observation and forecast and related fields of disaster prevention and mitigation are not yet complete. Second, the basic ability still needs to be strengthened. The ocean view monitoring system needs to be further optimized, the ability of deep-sea observation is insufficient, the independent research and development of ocean forecasting and the application level of key technologies need to be improved, and the work of marine disaster risk assessment and hidden danger investigation has not been fully carried out. Third, the information resource sharing mechanism needs to be established. The sharing of information resources in disaster-related fields and the management and coordination of ocean observation activities still need to be strengthened. Fourth, the level of science and technology and the ability of global governance need to be improved, and the participation and voice of international ocean affairs governance are not enough. Fifth, it is necessary to further stimulate the vitality of the market and give full play to the role of market mechanisms and social forces in marine disaster prevention and mitigation.
The marine early warning and monitoring department should perform three responsibilities.
According to the data of China Organization Network, the main responsibilities of the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Department are: to formulate policies and systems for marine observation and forecast and marine scientific investigation and supervise their implementation. To carry out marine ecological early warning and monitoring, disaster prevention, risk assessment and hidden danger investigation and management, and issue warnings and bulletins. Construction and management of the national global ocean stereoscopic observation network, and organization of marine scientific investigation and survey. Participate in emergency response to major marine disasters.
Wang Hua mentioned that the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Department should perform three responsibilities: First, implement the important arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council for the prevention and control of natural disasters, and do a good job in the top-level design of marine observation and forecast and marine scientific investigation; The second is to continuously improve the basic capabilities of marine observation, monitoring and investigation, and strengthen the construction of marine ecological early warning and monitoring system; The third is to fully connect with relevant departments and make overall plans for marine disaster prevention and mitigation, land and space planning, ecological protection and restoration.
Wang Hua pointed out that in the past, China’s marine observation, forecasting and early warning, disaster reduction and other work were mainly aimed at the physical environment of the ocean and the process of natural disasters. In the future, we should focus more on the principle of realizing "two unifications" (that is, "the Ministry of Natural Resources uniformly exercises the duties of the owner of all natural resources assets of the whole people, and uniformly exercises the duties of controlling all land use and ecological protection and restoration"). For example, accelerate the construction of marine ecological early warning system to provide support for the effective protection of important, sensitive and fragile marine ecosystems; Efforts will be made to strengthen the connection between marine early warning and monitoring, national spatial planning and ecological protection and restoration.
The marine early warning and monitoring department will focus on three aspects.
Wang Hua said that in the field of marine early warning and monitoring, it is the basic work to dynamically monitor the state of marine resources and environment and grasp the basic situation. It is necessary to find problems through long-term series monitoring, and judge whether the carrying capacity of resources and environment is in a normal state through statistical analysis and evaluation of data, and issue early warning in time. At the same time, put forward some suggestions for specific problems.
In this regard, Wang Hua demanded that the next step should focus on three aspects: First, further rationalize the business system, make a good connection with other disaster-related ministries at the national level, and give full play to the supporting role of marine early warning and forecasting under the new emergency management framework to promote comprehensive disaster reduction; At the local level, strengthen guidance, coordination and supervision, and actively play the role of local authorities. At the same time, further clarify the responsibilities of the agencies in the sea area, and form a unified and orderly, reasonable division of labor, coordinated and efficient institutional mechanism.
Second, actively implement the requirements of the third meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee on the prevention and control of marine disasters, implement coastal zone restoration projects, build ecological seawalls, and improve the ability of ecosystems to defend against marine disasters.
The third is to implement the main responsibility and continuously improve business capabilities. In the "Sanding" plan issued by the Ministry, for the first time, the task of building and operating the national global marine stereoscopic observation network and carrying out marine ecological early warning and monitoring was clearly defined. As the competent department of business, the marine early warning and monitoring department should adhere to the scientific development concept and implement every link of the business chain in a down-to-earth manner.
To this end, the Marine Early Warning and Monitoring Division will focus on the following four aspects in the near future:
— In the observation business, do a good job in top-level design and accelerate the construction of the global marine stereoscopic observation network. Optimize the observation layout. In 2019, we will start to compile a new national ocean observation network plan, fully integrate the observation, monitoring and investigation services, and form a trinity business layout. From the aspects of observation means, observation elements and quality control, we will further strengthen the operational management of marine observation. Promote the sharing of marine observation data, improve the level of data services, strengthen the management of relevant industries of local and departmental departments, and carry out a general survey of marine observation capabilities and resources to achieve full integration.
Second, in the forecasting business, we should speed up the revision of emergency plans, and consider the respective characteristics of marine natural disasters and ecological disasters to study how to form a plan system. Reorganize the forecasting organization and business system, comprehensively consider the characteristics of administrative area management, and build a forecasting business system with up-and-down linkage and clear division of labor. Make full use of numerical forecasting, cloud platform, artificial intelligence and other information technologies, carry out the construction of marine intelligent grid forecasting business system and the "Maritime Silk Road" marine environmental protection system, explore the development of marine ecological early warning services, and improve the efficiency of early warning services.
Third, in disaster reduction, we will continue to do a good job in preventing and controlling natural disasters such as storm surges, tsunamis and sea ice. At the same time, we will promote ecological disaster reduction, select red tide and green tide-prone areas for pilot prevention and control, and give full play to the ability of mangroves, tamarisk, reeds, seagrass beds and other ecosystems to resist moisture and waves and consolidate dikes and revetments. Guide coastal areas to continue to carry out marine disaster risk assessment and delineation of key defense areas, and promote the investigation and management of potential risks. Strengthen the information application of disaster prevention and mitigation achievements, and integrate background information, observation data, early warning and pre-judgment information in coastal high-risk areas into one system in real time. Intensify publicity and education, popularize knowledge of disaster prevention and mitigation, and actively participate in international governance.
Fourth, in terms of ecological monitoring and scientific investigation, optimize the top-level design and system layout of marine ecological monitoring and early warning, establish a technical standard system, and start special research on typical ecosystems. Establish management norms, and institutions and ships engaged in marine survey and monitoring should have unified management requirements. Strengthen the use of volunteer ships, remote sensing and other equipment and means, and integrate development in monitoring, observation and investigation.
