High priority put on reducing disaster risks

President urges resilience, strategic view of prevention, mitigation, relief

China is placing disaster resilience higher on its development agenda, with President Xi Jinping stressing that disaster prevention, mitigation and relief should be viewed from the strategic perspective of both high-quality development and high-level security.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks on Tuesday while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

He called for efforts to enhance China's capacity to prevent and respond to natural disasters, and to effectively safeguard people's lives and property.