China's Advancements in National Resilience Building: Lessons for Global Disaster Risk Management

In the face of a long history of natural disasters and ongoing challenges posed by climate change that are projected to increase the frequency and severity of adverse events, China has been making significant strides in enhancing national resilience. Our latest knowledge note, developed in collaboration with experts from China’s Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management ADREM at Beijing Normal University, offers insights into recent progress in disaster risk reduction and showcases lessons on how large-scale resilience building efforts can be effectively implemented.

Some key takeaways include:

• Planning and guidance are crucial: Since its first multi-year national plan for disaster prevention and mitigation from 1998 to 2010, China has been issuing comprehensive plans aligned with the government’s five-year development cycle. These strategic documents have played a pivotal role in guiding risk reduction initiatives.

• The importance of setting : Following the implementation of its 2008 disaster prevention plan, China designated over 12,000 communities as model areas for disaster resilience across the country. Remarkably, spatial analyses indicate that these demonstration communities not only excel themselves but also catalyze capacity-building efforts in surrounding areas.

• Accelerating recovery through collaborative schemes: In response to the devastating Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, China established a counterpart support program linking select provinces with severely affected localities. This program provided tlored assistance and financial backing, facilitating reconstruction while enabling knowledge sharing among regions facing similar challenges.

• Leveraging systematic disaster data for informed decision-making: Efforts have been made to standardize the country’s disaster loss reporting system, enhancing practitioners' ability to analyze data and drive risk-informed resilience building strategies. This improvement sped up post-disaster assessment following earthquakes, with timeframes reduced from 112 days in 2008 to around 10 days now.

• Tloring catastrophe insurance for local contexts: Recognizing the importance of rapid recovery after natural disasters, China is actively promoting catastrophe insurance that accounts for regional variations in risk profiles. Initiatives like pilot programs launched in Shenzhen, Ningbo, Yunnan, and Sichuan in 2014 have shown the potential to support resilient communities.

As global disaster risks intensify, China's advances in resilience building serve as a model. , supported by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery GFDRR, share these lessons with others striving to build more resilient societies.

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