On the evening of the 22nd, Wang Xiangxi, the director of the Emergency Management Department, led the working group to rush to the Alxa Left Banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to guide the rescue and disposal of the collapse accident of the open-pit coal mine of Xinjing Coal Industry Co., Ltd. At about 1:00 a.m. on the 23rd, the working group arrived at the coal mine, inspected the scene of the accident in detail, understood the rescue and disposal situation, and held a special meeting at the scene headquarters to listen to the situation report of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Alxa League, and studied and deployed the rescue and emergency disposal work. During the day, the working group came to the scene of the accident and the headquarters again, carefully understood the basic situation of the coal mine, the operation situation at the time of the accident, and the progress of the rescue organization, and worked with the rescue experts to study the next rescue implementation plan. The Working Group pointed out that at present, saving people is still the first task. We should adhere to the principle of "people first and life first", make every effort to carry out emergency rescue, organize professional forces, seize the prime time, seize every minute to search for the missing persons, and never let go of any glimmer of hope. We should quickly check the number of people who have lost contact, and take various measures to further carry out the test and arrangement to ensure full coverage and no omission. We should strictly prevent secondary accidents, strengthen the organization, command, monitoring and early warning of the rescue site, and scientifically organize rescue to ensure rescue safety. We should make every effort to deal with the aftermath, and organize special teams to patiently and meticulously do a good job in comforting and helping families, psychological counseling and other work. The working group stressed that the accident exposed problems such as the lack of solid and effective special rectification of production safety. It is necessary to deeply learn the lessons of the accident, comprehensively carry out the inspection and treatment of major safety hazards in mines, "screen" open-pit mines, underground mines and non-coal mines one by one, and urge the strict implementation of safety responsibility measures. (Xinhua News Agency)