At the request of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council coordinated the Ministry of Emergency Management to provide a new batch of supplies for the Tai Po fire relief effort, which has already been delivered on Wednesday.
Lui Kam-ho, director of operations of the Hong Kong Police Force, said Friday that Hong Kong has received over 30,000 pieces of relief items from the mainland, which provided critical support to the fire-fighting and search-and-rescue operations.
The supplies sent to Hong Kong included tents, protective goggles, specialized lighting equipment and exoskeleton devices, according to the senior police officer.
Lui said the exoskeletons have been the biggest help for frontline search personnel, drastically reducing the physical strain of climbing stairs with heavy loads.
"The officers told me that they save a huge amount of energy by using this gear when going up the stairs. I'm truly grateful for the support from the central government and relevant mainland departments. I deeply feel the spirit of 'help comes from all sides when one place is in trouble' that we Chinese share," Lui said.
Hong Kong continues to receive disaster-relief supplies coordinated by central government
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday presided over a State Council executive meeting which studied further arrangements on energy conservation and carbon reduction, and heard a report on a special campaign on business-related administrative law enforcement.
The meeting also reviewed and approved a draft regulation on administrative law enforcement oversight, discussed a draft law on firefighters, and arranged work for a crackdown on tobacco-related illegal activities.
The meeting emphasized the need to ensure higher-standard and better-quality work in the fields of energy conservation and carbon reduction -- work which must be advanced with greater overall planning efforts and in light of local conditions.
To that end, the meeting called for efforts to maximize the impact of policies, continuously improve market mechanisms, and accelerate the transition to green production and green lifestyles.
A special campaign on regulating business-related administrative law enforcement this year has achieved positive results, the meeting noted, underlining further efforts to enhance the standardization of administrative law enforcement.
By drafting and implementing the regulation on administrative law enforcement oversight, the boundaries and responsibilities of law enforcement authorities will be clarified further, and administrative power will be upheld consistently within a legal framework, it said.
It discussed and approved in principle a draft law on firefighters, which will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
It is imperative that the institutional arrangements for the country's firefighting force are improved, making it more standardized and professional, the meeting said, stressing the need to consolidate fire safety management, and to resolutely prevent and curb serious or major fire accidents.
Work will also be done to crack down strictly on tobacco-related illegal activities, strengthen supervision and law enforcement across all links, and improve the tobacco market environment, according to the meeting.
Chinese premier chairs meeting on carbon reduction, administrative law enforcement
