Abstract: China is a disasterprone country. A variety of disasters, especially catastrophes, are the major risk factors which endanger people's livelihood and the country's development. In the face of increasingly severe disasters, natural disasters should be regarded as an integral part of national conditions and considered at the national strategic level. Likewise, nationwide disaster reduction should be extended to disaster prevention and mitigation as an important indication of our comprehensive national strength. National disaster prevention and mitigation actions should be guided by strategic considerations, and the goal, the strategic steps and key measures should be directed to minimizing disastrous losses. With 30 to 40 years of efforts, China shall change from a disasterprone country to a safe and modernized powerful country, and make contributions to global disaster governance.

Key words: disaster prevention and mitigation , national strategy , three steps , action programs

摘要： 中国是多灾之国，各种灾害特别是重大灾害一直是危及民生与国家正常发展的重大风险因素。在日益严重的灾害面前，应当将灾情视为重要的国情并加以认真考量，将举国减灾扩展为举国防灾减灾，并作为综合国力的重要方面提升到国家战略层面，用战略思维来指导全国的防灾减灾行动，同时明确追求灾害损失最小化的防灾减灾目标、战略步骤与关键性措施。经过30—40年的努力，使中国从多灾之国转变成富有安全感的现代化强国，并对全球灾害的治理做出应有的贡献。

关键词: 防灾减灾 , 国家战略 , 三步走 , 行动方案