Xi urges all-out flood relief efforts

Chinese troops join flood relief operations

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the People’s Armed Police Force and local militias have deployed troops to join disaster relief efforts in China’s flood-stricken areas. Recently, persistent heavy rainfall has battered eastern, northern and northeastern China, triggering floods and geological disasters that have resulted in significant casualties and property damage. The Beijing Corps of the People’s Armed Police Force dispatched over 2,000…

Xi urges all-out flood relief efforts

President Xi Jinping has called for all-out search and rescue of the missing and trapped and immediate relocation of those in danger in order to minimize casualties following recent floods and geological disasters triggered by torrential rain across East China, North China and Northeast China.