The China Earthquake Administration (CEA), () is mandated by the ''Law of the People's Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters of PRC'' to enforce the earthquake administration in the nation under the administration of

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of the

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. Some English text use the name Chinese Seismic Bureau (CSB). In older text, it was also referred to by its former name, National Earthquake Bureau (NEB) or National Seismic Bureau (NSB).

Bureaus

CEA presently has nine bureaus, two of which directly under the control of the

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(CCP). * Administrative Office and Office of Policy Research () * Bureau of Development and Finance () * Bureau of Monitoring and Prediction () * Bureau of Earthquake Damage Protection () * Bureau of Earthquake Emergency Response and Relief () * Bureau of Personnel, Education, Science and Technology and Bureau of International Cooperation () * (Chinese Communist) Party Committee of Direct Subordinate Institutions () * Group of (CCP) Discipline and Surveillance, a Delegation of the Central Committee of Discipline and Surveillance (of the Chinese Communist Party) and Bureau of Surveillance () * Office of Welfare of Retired Personnel and Retired (CCP) Party Officials ()

Establishment of the CEA

As a country stricken by two of the world's ten most fatal earthquakes before the creation of CEA, China's first seismic monitoring stations were set up under the

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. A national ''Earthquake Affairs Office'' ()was created under joint administration of the ''National Science and Technology Commission'' () and Chinese Academy of Sciences after the 1966 Xingtai earthquake. A ''Central Task Force of Earthquakes'' () under the

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was created the day after a M7.4 earthquake struck

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on July 18, 1969. In 1971, the State Council decided to create the National Earthquake Bureau (CNEB), predecessor to CEA, to replace the "Central Task Force". The State Council initially delegated administration of the CNEB to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. CNEB became directly administrated by the State Councile in 1975. Following the recommendation from the CNEB, each province, autonomous regions and centrally administrated municipalities in PRC has established its own earthquake bureau since 1977. In 1985, these local bureaus were placed under dual leadership of the local government and the national bureau. CNEB was renamed CEA in 1998.

References

External links

* Official CEA Web site. {{Authority control Emergency management in China Government agencies of China Seismological observatories, organisations and projects State Council of the People's Republic of China

Bureaus

Establishment of the CEA

See also

References

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