到1999年末,联合国在20世纪90年代倡导的“国际减灾十年”即将结束。然而,全球严重的灾害形势,非但未使各国家及其区域间安全度有根本提高,相反则更加呼吁使安全减灾的阶段化进程固定下来。1999年6月10日在北京召开的自然灾害管理国际研讨会,是中外管理层共谋减灾良策的盛会。对此江泽民主席在贺信中强调“中国是自然灾害较多的国家,我们确立了减灾在保障国家经济和社会发展中的重要地位。中国政府将继续坚持以预防为主,防灾、抗灾、救灾 By the end of 1999, the International Decade for Disaster Reduction advocated by the United Nations in the 1990s will come to an end. However, the serious global disaster situation has not only failed to fundamentally raise the security among all countries and their regions, but has instead called for the stabilization of the phase-out process of security and disaster reduction. The International Symposium on Natural Disaster Management held in Beijing on June 10, 1999, is a grand gathering of Chinese and foreign management in conspiring for disaster reduction. To this, President Jiang Zemin emphasized in his congratulatory letter: "China is a country with more natural disasters and has established its important position in safeguarding the country’s economic and social development. The Chinese government will continue to adhere to the principle of prevention, disaster prevention, disaster relief and relief