Beijing today suspended the city's live bird trade and banned live birds from other cities

Introduction: on November 6, 2005, in order to prevent the spread of bird flu through birds, businesses in the flower, bird, fish and insect market of Beijing official garden withdrew the birds from the stalls one after another, and only empty cages were hung at the door of the shops Our correspondent (reporter Zhao Sheng) yesterday afternoon, the Beijing municipal government urgently held a teleconference to implement the "national prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza" Since today's notice of the meeting, the city has suspended live bird trading activities At the same time, the city's bird market operation and various pigeon releasing activities have also been banned Make clear that the heads of all districts and counties are the first responsible persons for animal epidemic prevention in their respective areas Niu Youcheng, deputy mayor of the city, has issued a circular to all districts and counties From today on, the following measures will be implemented in the city: first, live chickens are not allowed to be raised in the city The urban area mainly refers to Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, Chongwen District, Xuanwu District, Shijingshan District, Chaoyang District, Haidian District and Fengtai District, as well as the urban built-up areas of the suburban districts and counties According to the urban built-up areas, Niu Youcheng pointed out that the densely populated areas like Tiantongyuan should also be considered as urban built-up areas, and each district and county should be clearly defined according to their own conditions Second, the city's live poultry trading activities were suspended Third, live birds from other ports are prohibited from entering Beijing For live poultry coming to Beijing from overseas breeding bases designated by this Municipality, relevant procedures shall be followed Fourth, the release of pigeons, ornamental pigeons and carrier pigeons in the city's Square and the operation of the city's bird market were suspended Fifthly, the inspection and Quarantine of poultry and manufactured products entering Beijing through roads, railways, civil aviation and other channels shall be strictly carried out according to law In addition, Niu Youcheng also put forward three specific requirements for the prevention and control requirements of the State Council: first, it is clear that the head of the district and county is the first person responsible for animal epidemic prevention in their respective areas Second, the prevention and control work should be carried out in accordance with the animal epidemic prevention law of the people's Republic of China and relevant working procedures If individual retail investors refuse to accept the epidemic prevention, they should be disposed according to law We should conscientiously adhere to the prevention and control measures that have been taken and strengthen supervision in accordance with the spirit of the meeting of the State Council Third, we should do a good job in publicity and information work, and report the results of epidemic prevention openly, transparently, timely and accurately.