Grid Management and Public Security Crisis Handling on Transport during the Spring Festival of Guangzhou Railway Station in 2008: Case Analysis of the Interaction between Technical System and Management System

In 2008, the snow and freeze disaster stalled transportation in south of China which led to millions of passengers were stranded in the area of Guangzhou Railway Station where formed major public security crisis. Finally, this crisis was overcame through using grid technology and control management model of grid, mobilizing the system of urban public resources, opening to public use underground space and carrying out the region linkage. However, technical system didn’t take its effects because of the lack of preparation, constricts of information communication and unclearness of interface. Therefore, trans-regional, cross-organized and cross-functional resource integration should be defined as the key application area in network technical system. The social resource also should be brought into systematic management. Except that, the ability which responds on major public security crisis should be strengthened.