The Research On Assistance Of The "8·2" Storm (1922) In ChaoShan

The "8·2" storm in 1922 of ChaoShan, is called the most serious typhoon disasters in death in 20th century. This reaserch mainly Relies on The disaster relief report and newspapers, which published at that times.And reference the conference record of major disaster relief organizations, from which I find a great deal of information, and summed up the emergency relief activities systematically.Except the department of the introduction and the ms conclusion, The full Papers is divided into five chapters. The chapter 1 is an introduction of the storm. Chapter 2 is the discusstion on the emergency relief activities of government. Chapter 3 deals with the reaction and insures of Civil society.The forth chapter mades a general exposition on the emergency relief activities of overseas power. The last chapter mades conclutions in gain and loss of relief activities in various sectors of society,by made a contrast with the "DingWu"famine in late Qing dynasty.The relief activities shows the growing power of the civil society. Government and civil society relief disaster in common, reflect a good interaction and the effective integration of all forces between in.In another side, from analysises the method of relief activities,the modernization of the disaster relief system is initially established can be easily finde, which provide the later national government a good reference and the significance.The relief activities of "8·2" storm in ChaoShan, Let us see the pattern of the Northern Warlords scuffle under the weak government functions, and the broad rights of political authority of local forces and local elites. In my view, only in the basis of both social relief activities in the country's macro-social and the extensive mobilization of social forces, can relief activities reasonable and effective.