The Main Responsibility and Reinforcement Strategy of Government in Emergency Communication Management

In modern state management system, “as the provider of public services, the maker of public policies, the manager of public affairs and the executor of public power, the government has the obligation to assume the main responsibility in emergencies” (Wang, 2010). China’s Constitution, Emergency Response Law of the People’s Republic of China, and other laws have clarified the legal responsibility of the government in emergency response. The degree and effect of the government’s responsibility fulfillment determine whether emergency response successes or not. The government should fully fulfill its responsibility in emergency communication and management, innovate social governance, guarantee the right to know, strengthen public opinion guidance, and improve the ability to deal with the media.