“4·20”芦山强烈地震,给雅安带来巨大灾难,山崩地裂、房屋倒塌、人员伤亡、建筑受损、生态破坏,造成全市152万人不同程度受灾。除了这些看得见的灾情外,还给雅安经济、社会、文化和生态建设造成更大的影响和危害。随着救灾工作深入推进、灾后重建工作全面展开,各种与群众生产生活密切相关的矛盾纠纷大量显现,如何顺应抗震救灾工作的需要,妥善处置化解矛盾纠纷,维护震后特殊形势下基层社会稳定,为灾后重建顺利推进营造良好的社会环境是所有大灾大难都亟待思考和解决的重要课题。本文就以芦山强烈地震为例,浅谈几点地震等大灾难后人民调解工作面临的问题与对策。 “4.20” Strong earthquake in Lushan brought huge disaster to Yaan, landslides, houses collapsed, casualties, damaged buildings and ecological damage, causing the city’s 1.52 million people to varying degrees of disaster. In addition to these visible disasters, it also brought even greater impact and harm to Ya’an’s economic, social, cultural and ecological construction. With the deepening relief work and post-disaster reconstruction work in full swing, various contradictions and disputes closely related to people’s production and life have emerged. How to comply with the needs of earthquake relief work, properly handle and resolve conflicts and disputes, and safeguard the grass-roots social stability under the special circumstances after the earthquake? . It is an important issue that needs urgent consideration and resolution for all disaster-stricken areas to create a favorable social environment for smooth reconstruction after the disaster. Taking Lushan strong earthquake as an example, this paper discusses some problems and countermeasures that the people’s mediation work after a few earthquakes and other catastrophes.