新中国成立初期皖北地区水灾及其治理

Flood and Control in Northern Anhui in Early Period of the People’s Republic of China

新中国成立初期,安徽、江苏、河南等地发生大面积水灾,皖北地区属于重灾区,当时群众产生悲观情绪,逃荒现象严重。皖北地方党委在中央救灾方针的指导下,通过设立生产救灾委员会、视察慰问团、医防队等救灾组织,推行了具体的救灾措施,稳定了地方社会秩序。为达根治淮河的长远目标,中央作出治理淮河的决定,并广泛动员各方参与淮河水利工程的建设。皖北地区的水灾救治工作,增强了党和政府的威信,协助灾区人民树立了艰苦奋斗的思想,巩固了新政权的建设。

In the early period of the founding of New China, large-scale floods occurred in Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan provinces, and Northern Anhui was the hardest hit area. At that time, the masses were so pessimistic that many of them fled from the disaster-stricken areas. Under the guidance of the central relief policy, the local party committees in northern Anhui implemented specific disaster relief measures through the establishment of disaster relief organizations such as production and disaster relief committees, inspection and consolation groups, and medical and defense teams, thus stabilizing the local social order. To achieve a long-term goal of eliminating the flood outbreaks in Huaihe River, the central government made a decision to harness the Huaihe River and extensively mobilized all parties to participate in the construction of the Huaihe River water conservancy project. The flood relief work in northern Anhui enhanced the prestige of the communist party of China and the government, helped the people in the disaster areas to set up the idea of hard work, and consolidated the construction of the new regime.