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An emergency management system is an important part of the current national governance system. Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, China’s emergency management agencies have been reformed many times, and the emergency management system has been significantly improved in continuous development. China’s emergency management can be divided into four stages from 1949 to now, forming three generations of the emergency management system. This paper introduces the organizational characteristics of China’s emergency management in four stages, expounds on the main characteristics of the three generations of the emergency management system, and puts forward some key points of improving China’s emergency management system.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the helpful comments of anonymous referees of the journal, who have helped to improve this paper.
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This research was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (2018YFC0806900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41701103, 41775078, 41801064, 71790611), and the Beijing Social Science Foundation Project (19JDGLA008).
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Kong, F. How to Understand the Evolution and Development of Emergency Management System in China?. East Asia 38, 389–400 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-021-09358-x
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