1. Public Alerting and CAP in CHINA Emergency Alerting Policy Workshop Montreal, Canada Gao Kang (gaokang@cma.gov.cn) National Meteorological Information Center, CMA May 1-3, 2012

2. China Public Emergency Alerting System Allows the authorities of China to notify people under all emergency circumstances which are divided into four categories including： natural calamity  natural calamity  accident disaster  public health emergency  social safety  social safety  Authorized By Emergency Response Office of State Council  Built by China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

3. Architecture  4 architecture-level platform  1 satellite backup  29 authorities source  10 disseminators and future more  all people in China  all people in China

4. Why China Meteorological Administration (CMA) 1.Rich in experience of alerting publishing 2. Possesses branches all over the whole nation (1 State-level, 31 Province-level, 342 Prefecture-level, 2379 County -level) (1 State-level, 31 Province-level, 342 Prefecture-level, 2379 County -level) 3. Vertical and Horizontal network advantage 4. Facilitated satellite resource for back-up

5. Difficulties we face Display Screen ShortMessage Short Message Website 1. Integrating large categories of alerting source 2. Adopting multifarious dissemination paths 2. Adopting multifarious dissemination paths

6. CAP CAP 2 CAP 3CAP 4CAP 5 CAP 1Authorities ManagementPlatform Disseminators TV Broadcast Alert Website Short Message Facsimile Displayscreen TV SMS LCD WEB FAX How we plan

7. CMA-NMC-20110126-174400 CMA-NMC-20110126-174400 CMA CMA 2011-01-26T17:44:00 2011-01-26T17:44:00 Actual Actual Alert Alert Public Public <info> en-US en-US natural calamity natural calamity typhoon typhoon Immediate Immediate 1st level 1st level Likely Likely Liming – NMC-CMA Liming – NMC-CMA typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen In Xia Men District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. In Xia Men District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3.Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3.Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. Mr. Luojie, Beijing at 010 87654321 Mr. Luojie, Beijing at 010 87654321 </info>………………………………………………</alert> CMApublic a1 st level typhoonalerting. CMA public a 1 st level typhoon alerting. Screen Publishing

8. CMA-NMC-20110126-174400 CMA-NMC-20110126-174400 CMA CMA 2011-01-26T17:44:00 2011-01-26T17:44:00 Actual Actual Alert Alert Public Public <info> en-US en-US natural calamity natural calamity typhoon typhoon Immediate Immediate 1st level 1st level Likely Likely Liming – NMC-CMA Liming – NMC-CMA typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3.Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3.Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321 Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321 </info>………………………………………………</alert> Typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen CMApublic a1 st level typhoon alerting. In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. CMA public a 1 st level typhoon alerting. In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h.Instruction: 1.Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2.Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3.Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. Contact: Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321 Web Publishing

9. Policy Challenges 1.Is it possible to use one input interface to collect all categories of alerting information from 29 ministries and commissions directly under the State Council? 2.How can all kinds of distributing paths publish the most suitable alerting information in accordance with the demand of publishing terminal? 3.Should the alerting publishing system be a transparent transmission system or with verifying and approving?

10. Thank you.