CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “Wu--” At 10:30 on June 5, an urgent air-raid siren sounded through the mountainous city of Chongqing. This is the 26th consecutive year that Chongqing has conducted a trial sounding of air-raid siren on June 5.

This year, the 2024 “6·5” trial sounding of air-raid sirens and the publicity of knowledge on national defense mobilization in Chongqing were held at the Shaping Park Square in Shapingba District.

On June 5, 1941, in order to seek refuge from the bombing attacks by the Japanese army, nearly ten thousand people flooded into three sections of air-raid tunnels in Shibati, Shihuishi and Yanwuting, which resulted in a serious stampede and suffocation incident – the “6 · 5” Tunnel Massacre.

In order to commemorate the compatriots who unfortunately died in the plane bombing attack by the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War, inspire the patriotic enthusiasm of the people of the whole city, and enhance the awareness of national defense and preparations against war, the Chongqing Civil Air Defense Regulations stipulate that trial sounding of air-raid sirens will be conducted throughout the city of Chongqing from 10:30 am to 10:42 am on June 5 every year.

The relevant person in charge introduced that as a city that suffered from brutal bombing by the Japanese invaders, the Chongqing Office of National Defense Mobilization has been making efforts to strengthen citizens' awareness of national defense and fulfilling their national defense obligations in accordance with the law. It is more effective to conduct education on civil air defense with the help of piercing alarm sirens. As the thinking goes, the main classes of Party schools at the level of municipality and districts offered special lectures on national defense mobilization, communities carried out evacuation drills and centralized publicity activities, junior high schools and institutions of higher education offered courses of national defense mobilization, and mainstream media in the mountain city actively switched channels to "National Defense Mobilization Channel".

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Air-raid warning is an important part of urban air defense works, which is used for disaster relief and disaster forecasting and emergency notification in emergency situations. During the war time, air-raid warning sirens can remind the public to evacuate and seek refuge in a timely manner when cities are under threat of air strikes. It is a basic means for governments at all levels to conduct civil air defense command and organize evacuation for the public.

In recent years, more new types of sirens have joined the siren family in Chongqing, such as electroacoustic siren, mobile siren, and multimedia siren. The air-raid sirens in various districts and counties of Chongqing can be managed online, controlled in a centralized way, and response in real time. Moreover, the government requires that spaces should be keep for sirens on the rooftops of newly built housing estates with areas of over 100,000 square meters. At present, Chongqing continues to increase the number of siren facilities every year to strive to keep up with the pace of urban construction and ensure that sirens can be sounded as soon as possible in case of any situation. According to statistics, the rate of siren sounding has reached 100%. (Translated by Hu Chuanmin, Fathom Language Limited)