On the evening of July 23, the Ministry of Transport held a meeting to defend against Typhoon No. 6 of 2021 "Fireworks". It was decided at the meeting to start the defense typhoon level II response from 20:00 on the 23rd. Zhao Chongjiu emphasized that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions, adhere to the people first and life first, based on the prevention of gale, flood prevention, major danger, and disaster relief, and implement flood prevention and typhoon prevention and rescue and disaster relief measures. Strive to minimize the harm and loss caused by it, ensure the stability of the industry's safety situation, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

Typhoon No. 6 "Fireworks" of 2021 made landfall along the coast of Zhejiang from the afternoon of the 25th to the early morning of the 26th. The wind reached force 14 when it landed. The meeting pointed out that all units must be political, take into account the overall situation, and be responsible, resolutely abandon the paralyzed and lax thought, attach great importance to it, be vigilant, and be responsible. The main responsible comrades must be in front of the command, and the tasks should be decomposed to the grassroots and the scene, and to each. Positions and personnel to ensure that the organization and deployment are in place, supervision and inspection are in place, and responsibilities are in place.

In order to make every effort to prevent it from happening and minimize the impact of typhoon fireworks on transportation and engineering construction, the meeting required that highway, port and shipping, road transportation, engineering construction, maritime, maritime search and rescue, rescue and salvage departments should focus on their own characteristics. Highlight key parts, twist weak links, promptly investigate and eliminate hidden dangers, and effectively prevent and control risks. It is necessary to strengthen communication with meteorological, marine and other departments, timely and intensively release early warning information through a variety of methods, and strive to cover the early warning information to every ship, every vehicle, and every crew member in the area affected by the typhoon. It is necessary to effectively strengthen emergency duty during the typhoon, properly handle emergencies, and strive to deal with disasters as early as possible and to resolve them at an early stage. Editor/Xu Shengpeng