Announcement of the State Forestry Administration on Realesing the Measures for the Treatment of Unexpected Harmful Forest Biological Events

Announcement of the State Forestry Administration on Realesing the Measures for the Treatment of Unexpected Harmful Forest Biological Events

Order of the State Forestry Administration [2005] No. 13

May 23, 2005

The Measures for the Treatment of Unexpected Harmful Forest Biological Events, which were deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the State Forestry Administration on May 13, 2005, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of July 1, 2005.
Director of the State Forestry Administration, Zhou Shengxian

Measures for the Treatment of Unexpected Harmful Forest Biological Events
　
Article 1 These Measures are formulated pursuant to the Regulation on the Prevention and Control of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests and the Regulation on Plant Quarantine for the purpose of timely treating the unexpected harmful forest biological events, controlling the diffusing and spreading of harmful forest organism and reducing the losses from disasters.
　
Article 2 The term "harmful forest organism" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the harmful organism like diseases, insect pests and weeds that will jeopardize the normal growth of forests, woods and seeds of woods and will result in economic losses.
　
Article 3 The term "unexpected harmful forest biological events" as mentioned in these Measures refers to those eruptive, dangerous and widespread harmful forest biological events, including:
1. the harmful forest organism that will directly jeopardizes the human health;
2. the harmful forest organism that is newly introduced from abroad;
3. the harmful forest quarantine biological epidemic newly occurred; and
4. the harmful forest non-quarantine organism that results in leaf disasters with a whole acreage of more than 10000 hectares or tree branch disasters with a whole acreage of more than 1000 hectares.
　
Article 4 The unexpected harmful forest biological events are divided into class A and class B.
A event in which a harmful forest organism directly jeopardizes the human health, or a harmful forest organism is newly introduced from abroad, or a harmful forest quarantine organism occurs for the first time within the scope of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be a class A unexpected harmful forest biological event. An unexpected harmful forest biological event which is not a class A unexpected harmful forest biological event shall be a class B unexpected harmful forest biological event.
　
Article 5 An unexpected harmful forest biological event shall be confirmed by the forestry administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
A harmful forest organism that is newly introduced from abroad and a harmful forest quarantine organism that occurs for the first time within the scope of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be appraised by the Harmful Forest Organism Quarantine and Appraisal Center of the State Forestry Administration.
　
Article 6 The State Forestry Administration shall be responsible for organizing, coordinating and guiding the work relating to the treatment of nationwide unexpected harmful forest biological events.
The forestry administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, under the leadership of the people's government, be specifically responsible for the work relating to the treatment of unexpected harmful forest biological events within its own jurisdiction.
　
Article 7 The State Forestry Administration shall be responsible for formulating the emergency treatment plans for class A unexpected harmful forest biological events, and the forestry administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for formulating the emergency treatment plans for class B unexpected harmful forest biological events.
The emergency treatment plans for class A unexpected harmful forest biological events shall mainly include: the commanding system for meeting the emergency and its functions, early-warning and preventive mechanism, responses to the emergency, final-period appraisal and follow-up treatment and safeguarding measures, etc..
　
Article 8 The forestry administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall, pursuant to the emergency treatment plans for the unexpected harmful forest biological events, formulate schemes for the implementation of the emergency treatment plans for the unexpected harmful forest biological events of its own jurisdiction.
The schemes for the implementation of the emergency treatment plans for the unexpected harmful forest biological events shall mainly include:
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