Ashraf AboArafe
Dr. Ibrahim Saber, Governor of Cairo, received a high-level delegation from the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China, led by Vice Minister Hu Minglang, at the headquarters of the National Emergency and Public Safety Network Control Center in the governorate. The visit, held from September 7–9 in coordination with Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development, comes within the framework of deepening cooperation between Egypt and China in the fields of emergency and crisis management.
The Chinese delegation was welcomed by senior officials from the Ministry of Local Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of the National Emergency and Public Safety Network, and Cairo Governorate leadership.
During the visit, the delegation was briefed on the center’s operations and its pivotal role in supporting state plans for security, development, and the protection of both public and private property, as well as citizens’ lives, through advanced technological tools. The unified network serves as the backbone for government communications, applications, and systems, enhancing the quality of emergency and relief services by shortening response times, strengthening inter-agency cooperation, ensuring accurate data availability, safeguarding state data privacy, reducing financial burdens, and enabling swift handling of incidents and disasters.
The delegation also witnessed several simulation exercises, showcasing response mechanisms to crises and cooperation with neighboring governorates—Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia—through the regional center.
Governor Saber stressed that the center operates 24/7 with representatives from all relevant crisis-management entities—including ambulance services, sanitation, water, health, civil defense, traffic, field monitoring, education, the Red Crescent, civil society organizations, gas, electricity, and social solidarity. This integrated presence helps streamline decision-making, improve service delivery, and accelerate coordinated responses to emergencies.
The Chinese delegation expressed admiration for the center’s operations and welcomed the opportunity to strengthen cooperation in the vital domain of emergency and crisis management.
