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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People's Republic of China.
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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
Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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* 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
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 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
The Xingtai earthquake () was a sequence of major earthquakes that took place between March 8 and March 29, 1966, in the area administered by the prefecture-level city of Xingtai in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China.
The first ...
. A ''Central Task Force of Earthquakes'' () under the
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is currently composed of 205 fu ...
was created the day after a M7.4 earthquake struck
Bohai Bay 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.
See also
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Tectonic summary of Qinghai Province
References
External links
* Official CEA Web site.
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