How does the "Emergency Response Law" classify the levels of emergencies?

Article 3 of the "Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China"

The term "emergency" as used in this law refers to a sudden occurrence that causes or may cause serious social consequences. Hazards include natural disasters, accidents, public health incidents and social security incidents that require emergency response measures.

According to factors such as the degree of social harm and scope of influence, natural disasters, accidents, disasters, and public health events are divided into four levels: particularly serious, major, relatively large, and general. If laws, administrative regulations or the State Council provide otherwise, such provisions shall prevail.

The classification standards for emergencies shall be formulated by the State Council or departments determined by the State Council.

Extended information:

34 types of emergencies in Beijing will issue early warnings in different grades

Beijing regulations require that according to the degree of harm and urgency that emergencies may cause, and development trends, the early warning information levels are mostly divided into level one, level two, level three and level four, marked in red, orange, yellow and blue respectively, with red warning being the highest level.

Resources for releasing early warning information include radio, television, newspapers, the Internet and other media, mobile phone text messages, electronic displays, existing radio and communication equipment in communities and rural areas, etc. The emergency warning information release process includes the application, review, release, adjustment, release, feedback, monitoring and consulting services, and evaluation of early warning information.

Among all 34 types of emergencies, 13 types of events including heavy rain, snowstorm, icy roads, cold wave, strong wind, sand and dust, high temperature, drought, thunder and lightning, hail, frost, heavy fog and haze are related to Weather related. Among meteorological emergencies, the warning classification of some events does not include yellow or blue warnings, but adds the lowest "high impact" level warning; some events have additional warnings under the blue warning. "High impact" level warning. When some meteorological activities have not yet reached disaster-causing standards, but may affect urban operations or public activities, high-impact weather warnings may be issued to the outside world in accordance with the new standards.

"Smog" has been refined into two types of events: "heavy fog" and "haze".

The criteria for triggering a red warning for heavy fog are: it is expected that fog with visibility less than 50 meters may occur in Beijing in the next 2 hours, or fog with visibility less than 50 meters has already occurred and continues; heavy fog may or has already affected the city. Transportation has had a particularly severe impact, with airports and major highways closed continuously for more than 48 hours; heavy fog may or has had a particularly serious impact on major social activities, making it impossible to hold them normally and requiring the cancellation of originally planned activities; heavy fog may or has caused other emergencies incidents or have a particularly serious impact on the handling of other emergencies.

The warning levels for haze events are only orange and yellow. Among them, the situations where higher-level orange warnings are issued are:

When it is expected that haze with visibility less than 2,000 meters may occur in the next 6 hours, or haze with visibility less than 2,000 meters has already occurred and may continue; the haze may or It has had a particularly serious impact on transportation, with airports and major highways closed continuously for more than 24 hours; the haze may or has had a particularly serious impact on major social activities, which cannot be held normally and require changes (relocation or cancellation of part of the schedule) of the originally planned activities ; Haze may or has caused other emergencies or seriously affected the handling of other emergencies.

Reference materials: People's Daily Online - Beijing: 34 types of emergencies are planned to be issued graded warnings