Emergency Rescue and Disaster Relief
Participating in national development and protecting the people's rights to work in peace are the responsibilities of China's armed forces mandated by the Constitution.
The duties the military may be called on to perform, as provided for in the Regulations on Participation in Emergency Rescue and Disaster Relief by China's Armed Forces, include, among others, rescuing, transferring and evacuating trapped populations; ensuring the security of important targets; salvaging and transporting important materials; conducting specialized operations such as restoration of transportation facilities including roads, bridges and tunnels, maritime search and rescue, NBC rescue, epidemic control and medical relief; avoiding or controlling other major threats and disasters; and supporting civil authorities in post-disaster reconstruction on request.
From 2012 to July 2019, the PLA and the PAP deployed 950,000 soldiers, 1.41 million militia, 190,000 vehicles and items of equipment, and sortied 26,000 vessels and 820 aircraft in emergency response and disaster relief. Among major operations, the military responded to the Ludian earthquake, the floods along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the formation of a landslide dam that blocked the Yarlung Zangbo River. During these operations, the military assisted local governments in the evacuation of 5 million people, provided medical care for 210,000 people, transported 360,000 tons of supplies, and reinforced dams totaling 3,600 kilometers in length. In 2017, 2,631 troops and 160 vehicles of the PLA Macao Garrison participated in the disaster relief operations launched by the Macao Special Administrative Region government in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Hato.
參加搶險救災
參加國家建設事業、保衛人民和平勞動，是憲法賦予中國武裝力量的使命任務。依據《軍隊參加搶險救災條例》，中國武裝力量主要擔負解救、轉移或者疏散受困人員，保護重要目標安全，搶救、運送重要物資，參加道路（橋梁、隧道）搶修、海上搜救、核生化救援、疫情控制、醫療救護等專業搶險，排除或者控制其他危重險情、災情，必要時可以協助地方人民政府開展災后重建工作等任務。
2012年以來，截至2019年7月，解放軍和武警部隊共出動95萬人次，組織民兵141萬人次，動用車輛及工程機械19萬臺次、船艇2.6萬艘次、飛機（直升機）820架次參加搶險救災。先后參加云南魯甸地震救災、長江中下游暴雨洪澇災害抗洪搶險、雅魯藏布江堰塞湖排險等救災救援行動，協助地方政府解救、轉移安置群眾500余萬人，巡診救治病員21萬余人次，搶運物資36萬余噸，加固堤壩3600余千米。2017年，駐澳門部隊出動兵力2631人次，車輛160余臺次，協助特別行政區政府開展強臺風“天鴿”災后救援。
