The Sino Russian boundary river emergency joint drill was held

On the afternoon of September 14, the Heilongjiang Maritime Bureau and the General Administration of Emergency Situations of the Amur State of the Russian Federation hold the 2018 Sino-Russian boundart river emergency joint drill on the theme of “co-industry, joint construction, sharing, and building a destiny community of peace and beauty between China and Russia”.
 
In recent years, with the economic development along the border river region and the substantial growth of Sino-Russian trade, Sino-Russian ship repairing and ship import and export trade has become more frequent, and it has proposed tasks such as safety supervision, life-saving assistance and water environment protection for higher requirements. The Heilongjiang Maritime Bureau and the relevant departments of the Russia successfully organized a number of Sino-Russian border river emergency joint drills. it was the Sino-Russian local cooperation and exchange year in 2018 and 2019. Under this background, the Heilongjiang Maritime Bureau and the Russian Amur State Emergency Situation Bureau decided to jointly hold the "2018 Sino-Russian River Emergency Joint drill."
 
This drill was taken place in the middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River for 985 kilometers, which was the near the upper reaches of the construction area of the Heihe Heilongjiang Bridge. The drill was included a total of four subjects, such as water life rescue, fire fighting, anti-pollution and decontamination by deploying oil booms and oil absorbent pads, and uncontrolled ship collision disposal. The drill was lasted for an hour. This drill will test the three principles of emergency cooperation between the Sino-Russian Boundary Rivers, which is, regardless of the country and the principle of proximity; the principle of people-oriented and priority assistance; the principle of pollution prevention and priority protection. This drill will exercised the emergency coordination capabilities of the boundary rivers ability between China and Russia, improved the effective application of high-tech equipment in dealing with emergencies on the boundary river, and accumulated experience in information sharing, joint command, department linkage, and coordinated operations.