On May 13, 2025, Xu Jia’ai, Vice Minister, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, met with Carlos Carrillo Arenas, Director General of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of Colombia in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on deepening practical cooperation in the field of emergency management.
Xu Jia’ai pointed out that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the work of emergency management and has been actively promoting modernization of the emergency management system and capabilities. China has initially achieved comprehensive response to all types of disasters, unified management of whole process, 24 hours proactive prevention, effective coordination of all forces, and promoted to maintain the country in a stable situation of safety.
China is focusing on disaster management and promoting practical cooperation in areas such as comprehensive disaster risk reduction, monitoring and early warning, risk assessment, disaster prevention and emergency preparedness. China is willing to deepen and consolidate international cooperation with Colombia on disaster risk reduction and emergency management.
Carlos spoke highly of the achievements China made in emergency management and expressed his hope to learn from the experience and practices of China in areas such as disaster prevention, emergency preparedness and rescue operations. Colombia is willing to sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with China as soon as possible and promote the development of bilateral cooperation in an all-round way.