This article examines government policies and responses,including food supply,river control and levee building,eradication of locusts,information dissemination,and presents a broad overview of disaster defense and reduction during the Qing Dynasty.

• 本文从政府政策措施的角度 ,对清代粮食储备 ,治河修塘 ,灭蝗捕蝗 ,信息奏报等进行了综合性考察 ,展现中国末代王朝防灾减灾活动的概貌及其基本特征。