27 years ago today, on March 1, 1998 (February 3, 1998 lunar calendar), the Law of the People's Republic of China on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction came into effect. On March 1, 1998, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction came into effect. This law highly summarizes and summarizes the experience of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction work in our country for decades, and regulates various activities of the whole society to prevent and reduce earthquake disasters. It adjusts various social relations in the field of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, clarifies the rights and obligations of government departments and every citizen in the field of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, and realizes the social function of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction. The Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction (abbreviation), promulgated by Decree No. 94 of the President of the People's Republic of China, came into force on March 1, 1998. The Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction is the first law in our country to prevent earthquake disasters, regulate and adjust relevant social relations and behaviors, and is a basic law in the field of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction. The Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction consists of 7 chapters, 48 articles, 75 paragraphs. Chapter 1 "General Provisions" (8 articles, 10 paragraphs). It clarifies the purpose of legislation, defines the main activities and scope of application, establishes the policy of "prevention first, and combination of defense and rescue". It clarifies the working system of government organizations and leadership at the county level, division of labor and cooperation between departments, and participation of the whole society. It stipulates the basic duties and obligations of the government, relevant departments, the military, Chapter II "Earthquake Monitoring and Forecasting" (Article 8, paragraph 15). It shows the will of the state to strengthen, encourage and support the work in this area, clarifies the administrative and financial rights for the construction of the earthquake monitoring network, strengthens the protection of monitoring facilities and observation environment, establishes the system of key earthquake monitoring and defense areas and the unified issuance system of earthquake forecasts, and stipulates the basic duties of the monitoring and forecasting work of the earthquake department. Chapter III "Earthquake Disaster Prevention" (Article 9, paragraph 17). It mainly stipulates the engineering defense measures: new construction, reconstruction and expansion projects must be earthquake fortified; major construction projects and projects that may occur serious secondary disasters must be earthquake safety evaluation; those that have been built without fortification should be earthquake performance appraisal and seismic reinforcement measures should be taken. Non-engineering measures (do a good job in planning, publicity and education, earthquake insurance, etc.) are stipulated separately. Chapter IV "Earthquake Emergency Response" (Article 7, paragraph 14). It defines the content of emergency plans for destructive earthquakes and seriously destructive earthquakes and their formulation and management systems. It stipulates the emergency measures that the State Council and local governments should take before and after the occurrence of destructive earthquakes and seriously destructive earthquakes, and the emergency matters that the earthquake departments should undertake. Chapter V "Post-earthquake disaster relief and reconstruction" (Article 10, paragraph 13). It mainly stipulates the disaster relief measures that the government at or above the county level and relevant departments in the disaster area should take respectively, and the obligations that units and individuals should perform in disaster relief. Chapter VI "Legal Responsibilities" (Article 5, paragraph 5). Those who endanger earthquake monitoring facilities and observation environment, those who fail to carry out earthquake fortification according to regulations, and those who destroy earthquake sites and relics shall be punished. Responsibility shall be investigated for the interception and misappropriation of disaster relief funds, materials, etc. Chapter VII "Supplementary Provisions" (Article 1, Paragraph 1). The implementation time of this law is clearly stipulated. The Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction is a milestone in the construction of the legal system for earthquake prevention and disaster reduction. The promulgation and implementation of this law ended the history of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction in our country and opened up a new era of controlling earthquake disasters according to law. The revised Law of the People's Republic of China on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction was adopted by the Sixth Amendment of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on December 27, 2008, and came into force on May 1, 2009.