Although peace and development remain the current key theme in the world, crisis management is an important issue which also needs to be seriously tackled by the governments of all countries and regions in today's world, given that all sorts of contradictions and competing forces have become so complex and intertwined, and public emergencies so frequently occur. Generally speaking, emergency events mainly include natural disasters, accidental disasters, public health emergencies, and social emergencies. Such sudden and unexpected public emergencies usually bring about unpredictable serious consequences and damages to people's lives and social development...

Chapter 1 Overview

 Section 1 Definition, Characteristics and Management of Public Crisis

 Section 2 Classification, Grading and Phasing of Public Crisis

 Section 3 The Necessity of Public Crisis Management

 Section 4 Construction of a Public Crisis Management System in China

Chapter 2 Legal Development for Public Crisis Management

 Section 1 Construction of a Legal System for Public Crisis Management

 Section 2 Administration by Law and Public Crisis Management

 Section 3 Protection of Civil Rights in Public Crisis Management

Chapter 3 The Building of a Public Crisis Management System

 Section 1 System of Leadership for Public Crisis Management

 Section 2 Government Functions and Organizations for Public Crisis Management

 Section 3 Reforming and Improving the Public Crisis Man- agement System

Chapter 4 Construction of Mechanisms for Public Crisis Management

 Section 1 Early Warning Mechanisms for Public Crisis

 Section 2 Decision-making Mechanisms for Public Crisis

 Section 3 Resources Configuration and Provisions for Public Crisis

 Section 4 News Release Mechanisms for Public Crisis Man- agement

 Section 5 Post-event Management and Evaluation Mechanisms for Public Crises

Chapter 5 Natural Disaster Management

 Section 1 Basic Characteristics and Management System of Natural Disasters in China

 Section 2 Emergency Aid for Natural Disasters

 Section 3 Post-disaster Reconstruction Work ~

 Section 4 Assistance During Spring and Winter Famines

 Section 5 Social Donations System

 Section 6 Establishment of Natural Disaster Response Sys- tem with Chinese Characteristics

Chapter 6 Management of Disastrous Accidents

 Section 1 Characteristics of Production Safety Accidents in China

 Section 2 Prevention of Disastrous Accidents

 Section 3 Emergency Rescue for Serious Disastrous Accidents

 Section 4 Investigation and Disposition of Disastrous Acci- dents and Follow-up Work

Chapter 7 Public Health Emergency Management

 Section 1 Characteristics of the Public Health Emergency System in China

 Section 2 Major Factors Affecting Public Health Safety in China

 Section 3 Construction of Public Health Emergency Mecha- nisms in China

 Section 4 Public Health Emergency Management

 Section 5 Emergency Management of Major Animal Epidemics

Chapter 8 Social Public Security Emergency Management

 Section 1 General Introduction

 Section 2 Social Public Security Emergency Prevention

 Section 3 Handling of Social Public Security Emergencies

 Section 4 Reconstruction After a Social Public Security Emergency