广州亚运无规定马属动物疫病区建设方案(2) Construction Scheme of the Guangzhou Specific Equine Disease-free Zone (II) Part III Organization and Management 1. Working principles 1) It shall be adhered to defend own territory, take own functions, fully cooperate, specially-run special-matters and simplify procedures. 2) It shall be adhered to “run the Asian Games economically”, make full use of current animal epidemic monitoring system and animal health supervision system, and strive to guarantee the task fulfillment with a minimum investment. 2. Leading organization Guangzhou Municipal Government has set up a “construction work leading group (the leading group) of the Guangzhou Asian Games equine disease-free zone”, which is responsible for organizing, commanding and coordinating the construction of the equine disease-free zone. A Vice mayor of Guangzhou Municipality takes the post of the leading group leader while the deputy group leader will be taken by a deputy secretary general of Guangzhou Municipal Government and the director of Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary. Member units include the Guangzhou Asian Games Organization Committee (GAGOC), Guangdong Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Guangdong Province Communications Department, Treating Highway “3-illegal” Supervision Squad Office of Guangdong Provincial Government, Communications Management Bureau of Guangdong Province Public Security Department, Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Guangzhou Municipal Development & Reform Commission, Guangzhou Financial Bureau, Legislative Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, Guangzhou Highway Management Bureau, Guangzhou Immigrant Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Traffic Police Detachment of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau and the People’s Government of Conghua City. Under the leading group are an office and a specialist group. 1) The Office. It consists of related personnel from the general office of Guangzhou Municipal Government, the general office of the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee and Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary. The office is situated at the general office of the People’s Government of Guangzhou Municipality and is in charge of routine work of the leading group. The director of the office will be taken by a deputy secretary general of Guangzhou Municipal Government. 2) A specialist panel. It consists of 4 mainland specialists and one Hong Kong specialist, who are recommended by China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, General Institute of Guangdong Provincial Animal Anti-epidemic Supervision, and Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and related department of Hong Kong. The specialist group is in charge of coordinating and working out related policies, technical standard, working plan and schedule, guiding and appraising construction situation, arguing major matters and raising technical opinion. Members of the specialist group will be granted letters of appointment. 3. Allocation of duties Related regional, departmental agencies and organizations shall perform their own responsibilities and play in full cooperation. Under the leadership of the leading group, a complete coordinating mechanism shall be established. The leading group office, member units, responsible animal husbandry and veterinary medicine departments of cities and the Hong Kong Jockey Club should work out implementation plans of their own constructions, time schedules, and responsibility systems and define personnel post responsibility according to this plan. 1) Leading group office. It is in charge of coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC and Asian Horse Union on equestrian affairs, construction and coordination of the equine disease-free zone and its related improvement of legal system, coordinating and urging member units to complete work schedule on time, coordinating various departments to resolve work difficulty, and transportation of related animals within the equine disease-free zone. It shall coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture to provide questionnaire information concerning Chinese veterinary service and animal health information, approve the applying report of the equine disease-free zone and construction technical standard, organize acceptance work and notify the OIE. 2) Guangdong Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary. It is in charge of coordinating, guiding and supervising animal husbandry & veterinary bureaus of relevant cities, especially those of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Qingyuan and Shaoguan, to carry out the construction of Asian Games equine disease-free zone and stipulated monitoring of the animal epidemic, report the construction progress to the Ministry of Agriculture, coordinate to publicize construction and epidemic control, coordinate management of equine movement, and coordinate the Ministry of Agriculture to carry out appraisal of equine disease-free zone. 3) Guangdong Province Communications Department. It is in charge of coordinating, guiding and supervising communications management departments at all levels in the province to assist to build regional border monitoring system for the equine disease-free zone, assist relevant units to prevent any vehicles that transport equine to enter the equine transportation biological safety passage and the equine disease-free zone. 4) Treating Highway “3-ilegal” Supervision Squad Office of Guangdong Provincial Government. It is in charge of coordinating, approving and setting up animal anti-epidemic supervision and inspection stations and related signs. 5) Traffic Administration Bureau under Guangdong Province Public Security Department. It is in charge of coordinating, guiding, organizing and supervising public security communications administrative management departments of all levels of the province to carry out relevant traffic control, and assisting animal husbandry and veterinary medicine departments to supervise the transportation of horse and equine products. 6) Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary. It is in charge of development of the animal anti-epidemic system and animal epidemic monitoring system, organizing to implement equine control plan of the animal diseases, implement animal epidemiology survey, animal immunity, epidemic monitoring, epidemic treatment, harmless treatment of ill-dead animal, sterilization, survey of animal raising in related areas, guide, construct and manage animal quarantine camp, construction of infrastructure of veterinary diagnostic room base and provision of related instruments and equipments, carry out veterinarians training, manage animal anti-epidemic supervision and inspection station and perform quarantine and supervision of transit animal and animal products, and guide entomophila treatment. 7) Guangzhou Development and Reform Commission. It is in charge of approval application of the construction of the equine disease-free zone, assisting to resolve construction expenses of the infrastructure of the equine disease-free zone. 8) Guangzhou Financial Bureau. It is in charge of coordinating to resolve related fees for construction, operation and management, and appropriate funds on time. 9) Legislative Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government. Together with animal husbandry and veterinary department, it is jointly in charge of formulation of laws, regulations and normalized documents related with the construction of the equine disease-free zone. 10) Guangzhou Highway Administration Bureau. It is in charge of coordinating, guiding and establishing highway management and guiding signs for the Asian Games equine disease-free zone. 11) Guangzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. It is in charge of coordinating immigration inspection and quarantine departments of Guangdong Province to implement associated responsibilities, work out transport sanitary requirements of entry horses from the port to the equestrian venue, work out a work plan concerning quarantine of the entry and exit horses, perform quarantine on horses after entry and before exit; coordinating the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC and related countries to sign equine quarantine agreements; provide technical support and guidance on construction of equine disease-free zone, energetically participating in the review of animal anti-epidemic conditions of the equestrian venue construction, and assist to perform the animal epidemic monitoring of the equine disease-free zone. 12) Highway Traffic Police Detachment of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau. It is in charge of coordinating, guiding, organizing and supervising traffic administrative management departments at all levels to implement relevant traffic control, to set up traffic control signs, prohibit non-Asian Games equine and transporting vehicles to enter the equine disease-free zone, assist animal husbandry and veterinary department to supervise the transportation of the animals and animal products, and coordinate related businesses of the higher departments. 13) People’s Government of Conghua City. It is to set up a Conghua construction and management leading group for the Asian Games equine disease-free zone; in charge of organizing to clear related animals in the equine disease-free zone, organizing departments from the public security, communications, industry and commerce and urban management to implement regional control measures, prohibiting non Asian Games equine and animal products from entering the equine disease-free zone in the specified period of time, and organizing the implementation to carry out entomophila treatment and prevent wild birds and wild animals. 14) Animal husbandry & veterinary bureaus in other districts and cities. They are in charge of the construction and management of this plan in their own administrative districts, registering and filing the equine animals, and responsible for the construction and monitored sample submission of the equine disease-free zone. 15) The Hong Kong Jockey Club. It shall give full technical support to the construction, timely answer consultation made by the leading group. It shall be responsible for the construction, management and maintenance of the veterinary hospital and quarantine facilities at the equestrian competition event, and timely notify the leading group the situation concerned. 16) Other local people’s governments in Guangdong Province and their related departments shall perform their functions at their own administrative districts on the basis of the departments mentioned above. Leading group office and relevant departments shall work out detailed time schedules and establish supervision systems according to their own tasks, requirements and general plan, so as to ensure all the work to be done on time, and report the work progress and related situations to the leading group before the 25th day of the third month in each quarter. The leading group office should timely summarize the materials to report to Guangzhou Municipal Government, the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) and related officials and circulate it in departments and improve supervision as well. Organizational Framework Chart Construction Leading Group of Guangzhou Asian Games Equine Disease-free Zone Group leader (Vice mayor of Guangzhou) Deputy group leader (Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou government) Deputy group leader (Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou government) Deputy group leader (Director of Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary) The Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (OCOAG) Guangdong Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Guangdong Province Communications Department Treating Highway “3-ilegal” Supervision Squad Office of Guangdong Provincial Government Traffic Administration Bureau of Guangdong Public Security Department Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Members of the Group Guangzhou Development and Reform Commission Guangzhou Financial Bureau Legislative Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government Guangzhou Highwayt Administration Bureau Guangzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Traffic Police Detachment of Guangzhou Public security Bureau People’s Government of Conghua City The Office Specilist group The Hong Kong Jockey Club Party IV Construction Contents Construction of the Guangzhou Asian Games equine disease-free zone includes formulation and initiation of the scheme, improvement of legal system, construction and management of equine disease control zone, construction of animal epidemic prevention and monitoring system, implementation, appraisal and acceptance of the equine disease control plan, and publishing completed construction contents. 2008 is the year for base construction. By the end of 2008 the close regionalized management will be carried out. The period from 2009 to the end of the Asian Games is the monitoring and control period while there will be a maintenance period after the completion of the Asian Games. 1. Formulation and initiation of the scheme This Scheme will be drafted by Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary and submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture according to procedures after the Guangzhou Municipal Government has passed in principle. After the Ministry of Agriculture organizes to pass the argumentation and approval, it will be published in the form of State notice to initiate the construction project of the Asian Games specific equine disease-free zone. 2. Legislation of relevant regulations 1) Formulate local law, regulations or normalized documents for the management of the Asian Games equine disease-free zone. It shall formulate the Notice of Guangdong Provincial People’s Government on implementation of management of Guangzhou Asian Games specific equine disease zone (see Appendix 1). The notice should be jointly drafted by the Legislative Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government and Guangzhou Bureau of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, and then it shall be submitted to Guangdong Provincial Government for review according to procedures. It shall be published after approval. Moreover, it shall formulate local laws or regulations on such a base. 2) Formulate Technical Specifications for the Guangzhou Asian Games Specific Equine Disease-free Zone (see Appendix 5). 3) Formulate Emergency Plan of Guangzhou Asian Games Equine Epidemic Disease (see Appendix 6). The plan is worked out according to Regulation on Handling Major Animal Epidemic Emergencies and with reference to Hong Kong equestrian competition event emergency plan for Beijing Olympic Games. 3. Management and construction of specific equine disease Control zone 1) Regional division (see Appendix 2) In accordance with the requirements set forth in Technical Specification of Specific Animal Disease-free Zone Management (provisional), issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and on the basis of geographic environment of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou municipality, it is to divide the core zone, control zone and buffer zone of the specific equine disease-free zone and set up a biological safety passage for equine animal transportation. (1) The core zone for specific equine disease-free zone (core zone) The territory covers an area with a radius of 5000m around the Guangzhou Asian Games equestrian venue (situated at Reshui village, Liangkou Town, Conghua city). Construction contents include: move all equine animals away, carry out closed phase management, and prohibit any equine animals unrelated to Asian Games matches to enter the area and implement strict animal epidemic control measures, so as to ensure that there are no specific animal epidemic sources. (2) Disease control zone for specific equine disease-free zone (control zone) The territory covers all the administrative district of Conghua except the core zone. The construction contents include: remove all unrelated equines, carry out closed phase management, prohibit equine animals unrelated with the Asian Games matches to stay, improve area border monitoring system, epidemic monitoring system, monitor and purify the specified animal epidemic within the area, and isolate and quarantine the out coming equine animals, so as to ensure that there is no specific animal epidemic outbreak at the area. (3) Buffer zone for specific equine disease-free zone (buffer zone) The territory covers Baiyun District, Luogang District, Huadou District and Zengcheng city of Guangzhou, and Qingcheng urban area of Qingyuan city, Fogang county, Xinfeng county and Longmen county, which neighbor to Conghua city. The construction contents include: Implement equine registration mark management, enhance equine epidemic prevention management, and adopt monitoring, immunity and sterilization to purify specific animal epidemic diseases. (4) Safety equine transport biological passage (safety biological passage) The scope covers an area from the Guangzhou Asian Games equestrian venue to Baiyun International Airport, which passes through the state highway 105, Jiebei highway, airport expressway, and from the Guangzhou Asian Games equestrian venue to Shenzhen Huanggang Port, which passes through state highway 105, Jiebei highway, No.2 north ring expressway and Guang-Shen highway with at least 1000m wide on both sides of the highway, and an area of the Baiyun International Airport with a 1000 m radius at least. The construction contents include: remove all unrelated equine animals, implement closed phase management, prohibit entry of any equine animals unrelated with Asian Games matches, and take all animal health measures that are the same with those of the control zone. 2) Screen system construction On the basis of full utilization of geographic conditions and through establishment of 4 supervising and inspecting stations for animal epidemic prevention, it shall check documents and goods, sterilize them and let the approved animals and animal products related with the Asian Games pass. Except the designated passage, it is forbidden to let equine animals, pig, cattle and sheep and by-products enter the Asian Games equine disease-free zone, so as to build a screen system for the Asian Games equine disease-free zone and ensure that the management system of the animal epidemic area is enclosed. (1) Establish highway supervising and inspecting stations for animal epidemic prevention at the key area (3 stations) Before any animal enters the key area by pass through any of its state highways and provincial highways, 3 supervising and inspecting stations for animal epidemic prevention shall be established (served as agencies of Conghua Institute of Animal Health Inspection) at properly selected positions according to the regional control requirements. (2) Taiping Station shall be designated along state highway 105 as a designated inspection station for animals and by-products to enter the Asian Games equine disease-free zone. (3) Installation of border traffic warning and monitoring system Exits and entries of all main passages and safety biological passages to enter and leave the key areas and control zones shall be equipped with sufficient traffic signs and camera devices so as to guide the animals and animal products to comply with the management provisions of the Asian Games equine disease-free zone and guide the horses to participate the match to enter the Asian Games equine disease-free zone and pass the biological safety passage, so as to prevent any animals and by-products unrelated with the Asian Games from entering the Asian Games equine disease-free zone and the biological safety passage. (4) Enhance inspection of key sites Supervisors of Conghua Institute of Animal Health Supervision should inspect the farms, animal and by-product markets and refrigerating houses once every three months according to the requirements set forth in this plan. Staffs of the town veterinary station are responsible for routine supervision and inspection of the sites mentioned above. Conghua Institute of Animal Health Inspection should supervise owners of the goods to handle the animal and by-products according to the provisions of the responsible veterinary department of the State Council while imposing penalty on the goods owner who transports animal and animal products to the specific equine disease-free zone without quarantine according to Article 77 of the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People’s Republic of China. (5) Conghua Institute of Animal Health Inspection should establish, publicize and implement an inspection system according to the requirements of the state relating to establishment of the supervising and inspecting station for animal epidemic prevention. (6) Animal Quarantine Premise Inspection and quarantine measures should be imposed on animals and by-products entering into the specific equine disease-free zone when it is under construction and in completion. The animal quarantine premise should be located near the bordering at the administrative district of Conghua city, occupying an area of one hectare (15 mu). Main facilities at the animal quarantine premise conclude the inspection area, staff living quarters, office buildings, harmless treatment area and the relevant facilities.(See Appendix 10 for details) 3) Equine registration Before the end of September, 2008, it shall complete all equine registrations at the horse disease management area (including various zones) of the specific equine disease-free zone. On the basis of international horse passport pattern, it shall establish an equine health certificate management system and log related information into the database of the information system. 4) Animal transportation Before the end of 2008, on the basis of registration, it shall remove all unrelated equine animals away from the core zone, control zone and biological safety passage, and any equine animals unrelated with the Asian Games are not allowed to enter the areas mentioned above. 4. Construction of animal epidemic prevention and monitoring system 1) Transformation of veterinarian laboratory On the basis of further improving animal epidemic prevention and control organizations of Guangzhou’s city, district (county-level city) and other relevant areas of Guangdong Province, it shall provide sufficient facilities and equipments that suit the task for animal anti-epidemic work at the equine disease-free zone, and improve the capacities of diagnosis, monitoring, immunity, QC and analysis. It shall transform veterinary laboratory and purchase instruments and equipments according to related provisions. Central laboratories of Guangzhou Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center and Conghua Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center should meet the demand of construction and monitoring of the Asian Games equine disease-free zone and conform to the requirements of the State for construction of the equine area without specific epidemic. 2) Construction of epidemic circulation system It shall establish and complete Guangzhou animal epidemic monitoring information network system, consisting of one Guangzhou-level animal epidemic monitoring and warning center, animal epidemic prevention and control organizations of Guangzhou and Conghua and border control points. It shall reach network management on Guangzhou’s animal anti-epidemic information, timely collect, analyze and handle equine farming at the control zone, and it shall perform epidemic monitoring, epidemic survey and border control, thus realizing a unified adjustment, control and integral management on horse disease prevention and therapy. 3) Veterinarian training 4) Provision of monitoring and supervision vehicles 5) Equine Epidemic Control Plan Construction of venue veterinary anti-epidemic The Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee shall be responsible for formulation of anti-epidemic measures for the Asian Games equestrian venue and construction of veterinary hospital and equestrian venue isolation facilities, which shall be figured into the construction of the Asian Games venues. The immigration inspection, quarantine and animal veterinary departments shall give technical guide, supervise and manage the construction of animal sanitary conditions of related facilities at venue’s stables and veterinary rooms. As a temporary isolation quarantine place, equestrian venue should conform to relevant provisions of animal immigration inspection and quarantine. 5. Implementation of animal disease control (see Appendix 4 for details) 1) Animal Epidemic Survey with Questionnaire In June~September, 2008, it shall complete animal epidemic survey with questionnaire at Guangzhou and related regions. 2) Immunity Control of Equine Influenza and Japanese encephalitis From February, 2009, it shall perform immunity on equine influenza of the horses at related regions and immunity on Japanese encephalitis of all horses according to the immunity procedures, and monitor the immunity results. 3) Equine Epidemic Monitoring From July 2008 to December, 2010, it shall carry out 15 kinds of equine epidemic monitoring according to Equine Epidemic Control Plan. 4) Animal and by-product Quarantine In accordance with the requirements for animal and animal products circulation and control specifications set forth in Technical Specifications of Specific Animal Disease-free Zone Management, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, it shall carry out strict management on import of animals and animal products, circulation and export within the area, transit transportation and supervision after importation. From January, 2009 to December, 2010, all animals and animal products that enter the Asian Games equine disease-free zone must conform to related provisions of the specific equine disease-free zone. Any animals or by-products that are checked unqualified will be refused to enter the equine disease-free zone or directly destroyed harmlessly, and treated according to related laws and regulations. And those that would pollute environment must be sterilized. 5) Implementation of Entomophila Survey and Treatment Plan (see Appendix 7 for details) From December, 2008 to December, 2010, it shall perform environment sterilization and entomophila treatment on the farm of the equine disease-free zone and equestrian venue, once quarterly. In addition, during the test match and formal match, it shall enhance environment sterilization and entomophila treatment. 6) Implementation of Survey, Prevention and Control Plan of Wild Animals (see Appendix 8 for details). In order to prevent wild animals from moving within the scope of the specific equine disease-free zone, from January, 2009 to December, 2010, Conghua government shall be responsible for driving the wild animals away from the specific equine disease-free zone. 7) Emergency Treatment From June, 2008 to December, 2010, it shall handle or monitor the epidemic disease or suspected epidemic disease of the equine that occurred within the territory of the related areas in accordance with the Emergency Work Plan of Equine Epidemic Diseases. 8) Epidemic Circulation It shall set up an epidemic report system according to Control Measures for Report on Animal Epidemic Situation, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture. Epidemic report shall carry out a quick, monthly and yearly report system to the higher level. 6. Work out standard operating procedure for the scheme implementation (This procedure document serves as a class II implementation, operating and support document under this plan) Refer to procedures and conditions of 2008’ Olympic Games competing horses to enter Hong Kong, and based on Technical Specifications of the Guangzhou Specific Equine Disease-free Zone Construction, it is scheduled to complete the formulation of the related standard operating procedure by June, 2009. Major contents cover the followings: Import permit of the horses (including quarantine and application before entry) Quarantine of horses at arrival of the airport (including disease identification) Safe loading, unloading and transportation of horses at arrival Competing horse health management at the equestrian court Competing horse return-home conditions Emergency treatment of equine disease Daily specimen collection for inspection and supervision Laboratory diagnostic methods Movement control for animal and by-product entry-exit the specific equine disease-free zone Construction and maintenance of the specific equine disease-free zone Equine epidemic disease risk assessment on related areas