According to this spokesman, organized and coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), soon after the bus accident, set up the special team as required by the CNTA party group, assigned the CNTA%26rsquo;s tourism agency staff stationed at Los Angeles to assist with the related work and issued the notice on strengthening the safety control to all the travel agencies and the safety tips to all the tourists. Meanwhile, CNTA rapidly developed two information channels, including the international and domestic channels. For one thing, CNTA exchanged information with the U.S. Department of Commerce and International SOS to request their implementation of relevant commitments in a shorter period. For another, CNTA kept contacts with Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Tourism, the People%26rsquo;s Insurance Company of China, etc. to understand the progress in a timely manner. Through the communication platform, CNTA reported the related issues to the State Council without delay and assisted all the related departments to modify and improve the emergency response and post-disaster treatment.
As introduced by this spokesman, CNTA, according to the spirits of important instructions from the leaders of the State Council, will take this accident as a lesson and organize sector-wide safety warning education to tighten the supervision over the tourist market.