Recently, regions including Hubei, Chongqing, Anhui, and Guangxi have experienced persistent extreme heavy rainfall, leading to floods and geological disasters in many areas. In response to the disaster, Bank of China swiftly activated emergency protocols. While ensuring the continued safe operation of its branches, the bank proactively reached out to affected customers, striving to maintain uninterrupted financial services.
In the face of the ongoing heavy rainfall, Bank of China has taken concrete actions to safeguard rural road access and support business recovery.
Rapid Response and Emergency Mechanism Activation: Staff at the Jingzhou Branch worked together, moving sandbags for flood control, laying waterproof facilities, and rigorously preventing water backflow. They also implemented slip prevention measures and service safeguards, meeting the public's financial needs during the flood period with efficient and attentive service.
Targeted Relief and Risk Assessment Assistance: The resident work team of the Three Gorges Branch proactively formed disaster inspection and emergency teams. They assisted in conducting thorough inspections across reservoirs, farmlands, and residential buildings, identifying risks such as slope landslides, farmland seepage, bridge collapses, and building tilts to ensure villager safety.
On-the-Ground Assessment of Disaster Impact: Staff from the Enshi Branch went deep into the disaster-stricken areas, assisting in clearing road collapses and fallen rocks to restore rural road access. Through on-site visits to affected enterprises, they assessed factory flooding and equipment damage, identified post-disaster financing challenges for recovery, and supported business resumption.
In anticipation of the continuous heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorm weather, Bank of China made advance preparations to protect customer funds and ensure stable financial service operations.
Enhanced Warning and Response: The bank closely monitored weather changes and flood developments, promptly activating weather warning response mechanisms. Timely risk alerts were issued to branches within its jurisdiction, with close attention paid to branch operations to ensure rapid handling of emergencies.
Comprehensive Risk Inspection: A full inspection was conducted on business outlets, self-service banks, equipment rooms, power lines, and drainage facilities. Sufficient flood control materials were prepared, and low-lying areas prone to waterlogging and key equipment were reinforced to strictly prevent water backflow and equipment damage.
Emergency Drills: To enhance disaster response capabilities, several branches simulated scenarios of water backflow, testing procedures for sealing, evacuation, and material relocation, effectively improving staff emergency handling skills.
Confronted with the disaster, Bank of China prioritized prevention and accelerated relief efforts, fully reinforcing financial security during the flood season.
Comprehensive Safety Hazard Inspection: The Anqing Branch worked diligently to clear water accumulation in lobbies and surrounding areas, inspecting circuit and equipment safety hazards. At key locations such as branch entrances and self-service banks, waterproof inflatable bags and flood barriers were properly placed, with multiple layers of waterproofing barriers reinforced to strictly mitigate water backflow risks.
Implementation of Flood Preparedness Work: The Chizhou Branch focused on protecting branches within its jurisdiction that are prone to waterlogging. It preemptively stocked flood control materials such as sandbags, flood barriers, water pumps, and emergency power generation equipment, making advance preparations for branch waterproofing and flood prevention to effectively ensure normal branch operations.
In the face of flood risks, Bank of China responded quickly and coordinated efforts across all regions, fully safeguarding personnel, assets, and service security.
Forward Command and Full Process Coordination: The Guangxi Branch implemented precise control measures tailored to each city and each specific point within the disaster-affected areas. It guided the detailed development of comprehensive work plans covering branch protection, material relocation, and emergency response, reasonably allocating operational resources to ensure efficient and orderly progress in flood control work.
Swift Action and Barrier Reinforcement: The Qinzhou Branch conducted comprehensive inspections of circuit, machinery, and fire safety hazards. Important documents, archive boxes, and core equipment were promptly relocated. For branches in low-lying, flood-prone areas, timely dredging, drainage, disinfection, and ventilation were carried out to strictly prevent secondary disasters and ensure the safety of business premises and assets.
Bank of China will continue to closely monitor weather changes, further strengthen risk monitoring, early warning, and emergency response capabilities, fully ensuring the safe and stable operation of financial services, and taking concrete actions to support the restoration of production and daily life in disaster-affected areas.
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