Beijing, Jiangxi, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Shanghai, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Shenzhen urgently organized teams of materials in short supply and aid construction in disaster areas.
Special topic: Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan
Xinhuanet Beijing, May 21 ST The disaster-stricken areas in Beijing, Jiangxi, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Shanghai, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Shenzhen were in short supply and the aid teams rushed to the disaster-stricken areas.
Beijing’s first batch of disaster relief and reconstruction commandos rushed to Sichuan disaster area.
A commando team composed of 111 employees of Beijing Municipal Road and Bridge Holding Company went from Beijing West Railway Station to Mianyang disaster area in Sichuan on the 21st. This is the first batch of state-owned enterprises in Beijing to rush to the disaster area for disaster relief and aid construction.
According to reports, there are 36 large-scale machinery and equipment going to the disaster area with the members of the commando team. The main task is to complete the construction of 80,000 sets of temporary resettlement houses before August 10.
It is understood that after the earthquake on May 12, the team of Beijing Municipal Road and Bridge Company that is carrying out project construction in the disaster area, together with rescuers from the Second Artillery Corps of the People’s Liberation Army, was the first to invest in the work of opening the road leading to Beichuan County. At present, the construction team of the municipal road and bridge company is still carrying out road construction in the front line of the disaster area.
The first batch of 6,000 temporary resettlement houses in Beijing to support the earthquake-stricken areas left for Mianyang, Sichuan on the 21st. (Reporter Li Zhiyong, Sun Xiaosheng)
Jiangxi: Medical personnel and relief materials will re-enter Sichuan to build 40,000 transitional houses for the disaster-stricken areas.
On the 21st, Jiangxi sent medical and health teams, and at the same time, continuously delivered relief supplies to the earthquake-stricken areas.
In order to help the disaster-stricken areas tide over the difficulties as soon as possible, the Jiangxi provincial government announced that it would raise 400 million yuan within four months to build 40,000 sets of temporary transitional housing in Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas to resettle the people in the disaster-stricken areas.
At 15: 00 on the 21st, the Health Department of Jiangxi Province sent the fifth batch of 56 medical and health teams, mainly health supervisors, to Sichuan for earthquake relief. They carry six health supervision vehicles and six food bacteria rapid detection boxes, and will carry out health detection work quickly in the disaster area. So far, Jiangxi health system has sent 283 medical, epidemic prevention and health supervision personnel to Sichuan.
At the same time, Jiangxi Province once again organized and donated a batch of relief materials and sent them to the Sichuan disaster area. At present, the second special train of "Grab" relief materials in Jiangxi Province, which started on the 20th, is running on the way to the earthquake-stricken area. This special train delivered a total of about 12.7371 million yuan worth of relief materials.
The first batch of 180,000 "Pipiru" series fairy tale books donated by 21st Century Publishing House were also sent from Jiangxi to the tent school in the disaster area on the 21st, hoping to "comfort the injured children in the disaster area with fairy tales". (Reporter Li Meijuan, Zeng Xi)
China’s largest batch of earthquake relief rice was shipped from Changsha.
On the 21st, 1,320 tons of rice donated by China Grain Reserve Management Corporation to the Sichuan disaster area was shipped from Changsha. This is the first batch of rice shipped since China National Grain Storage Corporation announced the donation of 3,000 tons of rice a few days ago, and it is also the largest batch of rice delivered to the disaster area so far.
According to the arrangement of China National Grain Storage Corporation, 3,000 tons of rice donated to the disaster area were urgently processed and supplied by enterprises directly under Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, of which Hunan Branch of China National Grain Storage Corporation was responsible for processing 2,040 tons. After the first batch of rice was shipped on the 21st, the second batch of 720 tons will also be shipped on the 22nd.
On the morning of 21st, the reporter saw in Changsha North Railway Station that 25 kilograms of bagged rice was marked with the words "Donation from China Grain Reserve Management Corporation", and the workers were nervously loading the train carriages.
Zhou Yi, general manager of China Grain Storage Hunan Branch, said that after receiving the task, Hunan Branch immediately selected mid-late indica rice grains with good quality for processing production in the directly affiliated enterprises, and selected six rice processing plants directly affiliated to Changsha, Changde, Xinhua, Linli, Yiyang and Lixian with advanced processing equipment, convenient transportation and high management level to work overtime day and night, and actively contacted and coordinated with the local railway departments to implement the transportation capacity, thus ensuring the rice processing and delivery in the shortest time. (Reporter Ding Wenjie, Ma Yong)
The first batch of materials from Inner Mongolia to support the disaster-stricken areas in Gansu Province were shipped.
On the 21st, the first batch of 10,000 sets of quilts and 20,000 pieces of clothes in Inner Mongolia to support the disaster-stricken areas in Gansu were transported to Tianshui, Gansu by railway. It is understood that as of the 21st, Inner Mongolia has received a total of nearly 40 million yuan worth of relief materials, which are being transported to the earthquake-stricken areas by railways and highways.
The reporter learned from the Civil Affairs Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that by 16: 00 on May 21st, Inner Mongolia had received a total of 280 million yuan in donations and tents, quilts, milk, milk powder, cashmere products and other materials worth 37.96 million yuan.
At present, the Civil Affairs Department of Inner Mongolia has delivered 2,000 tents and 7,000 sets of disaster relief bedding to the disaster area in two batches. At present, we are planning to urgently raise 100,000 quilts through donation purchase or direct donation from quilt production enterprises to help the disaster-stricken areas solve the problem of shortage of living materials. (Reporter Don’t sweat)
Anhui: The focus of disaster relief work in Sichuan has shifted to epidemic prevention and education assistance.
According to the urgent notice of the Ministry of Health, Anhui Province will send three batches of health and epidemic prevention teams with a total of 90 people to the disaster area on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. Anhui Provincial Health Department has quickly deployed technical backbones from provincial centers for disease control and prevention, Wuhu City, Tongling City, Lu ‘an City, Anqing City, Chuzhou City, Huainan City, Huaibei City and Xuancheng City to form health and epidemic prevention teams and go to the disaster areas in batches.
In terms of road transportation, Anhui Provincial Communications Department has made arrangements, and toll stations of expressways and ordinary highways in the province are free of charge and give priority to all earthquake relief vehicles to ensure that relief materials can reach the disaster area in the shortest time.
The reporter also learned from relevant parties in Hefei that the competent education department in Hefei said that schools are encouraged to do a good job in receiving students from the earthquake zone, and give the children in the earthquake zone the most preferential policies in terms of student status and fees, so as to open up a "green channel" for them to go to school. A middle school teacher in Hefei also called on young teachers to teach in primary and secondary schools in Wenchuan and other places.
In addition, 15 technical service personnel of special equipment selected by Anhui Quality Supervision Bureau are ready to rush to the front line to carry out rescue according to the emergency situations such as the damage of special equipment in Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas to varying degrees and the existence of security risks.
According to the latest data of the civil affairs department, as of May 20th, incomplete statistics show that Anhui Province has received more than 300 million yuan in relief funds and materials, including 294.77 million yuan in relief donations and 33.8 million yuan in relief donations. (Reporter Ma Yurui)
Shanghai Railway Bureau’s first rescue train for the victims is ready to go.
The reporter learned from the Shanghai Railway Bureau on the 21st that the Shanghai Railway Bureau’s first train with 18 passenger cars for the wounded has been prepared, which can transport more than 400 injured people at a time.
Shanghai Railway Bureau is equipped with 60 conductors and 5 Red Cross health workers on the special rescue train, and 4 conductors are arranged in each carriage to assist the medical staff in providing services for the wounded. The Shanghai Passenger Transport Section affiliated to the Shanghai Railway Bureau also specially arranged five cadres to take extra rides and do their best to organize the train service.
In addition, the Shanghai Railway Bureau arranged 10 staff members in the dining car to do their best to provide catering services for the wounded. The special train also prepared enough standing medicines, disinfectants, masks and protective clothing, equipped with enough replacement quilts and sheets, and arranged special cleaning personnel to ensure that the rescue train was clean and hygienic during the transportation of the wounded. (Reporter Jia Yuanzhen)
Liaoning continues to increase its rescue efforts in earthquake-stricken areas.
On the morning of 21st, the third batch of earthquake relief and epidemic prevention teams from Liaoning Province rushed to Sichuan. After arriving in Chengdu, the health and epidemic prevention teams composed of 33 people from disease prevention and control institutions in Liaoyang, Jinzhou and Dandong will rush to Shifang to join the first two epidemic prevention teams in Liaoning Province to work together.
The first batch of health supervision and disaster relief teams from Liaoning Province to Sichuan also rushed to Jinzhou from all cities in the province on the early morning of the 21st. The 105-member health supervision and disaster relief team set out at 9: 00 in 34 jeeps dedicated for health supervision, carrying supervision and testing equipment such as fast on-site detectors and necessary logistical support materials, and went to Sichuan day and night to carry out the task of ensuring the safety of food and drinking water in the disaster area.
Up to now, Liaoning Province has sent a total of 417 medical team members to the earthquake-stricken areas.
On the afternoon of the 21st, Liaoning organized the procurement and deployment of medical materials worth 11 million yuan, which were urgently transported to the disaster area by railway. This batch of materials includes 2 million yuan of health and epidemic prevention drugs and 9 million yuan of antibiotics and other medical drugs and equipment. (Reporter Yu Xinchao)
Heilongjiang: more than 200 million yuan was donated to support the disaster-stricken areas.
All walks of life in Heilongjiang Province continue to actively donate money and materials to support the earthquake-stricken areas. Harbin university of science and technology donated 1,145,609 yuan; China Tobacco Corporation Heilongjiang Company donated 1 million yuan; Harbin Weihan Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. and all employees donated 831,895 yuan; Heilongjiang Cancer Hospital extended a helping hand to the disaster area for the second time and donated 800,000 yuan to the disaster area; Ladies Fur Plaza donated 4000 sets of camouflage uniforms; Jiao Yuchang, the king of roast chicken, donated 1000 beds of quilts …
According to the statistics of the Civil Affairs Department of Heilongjiang Province, as of 12: 00 on the 21st, all sectors of society in the province had donated 227.32 million yuan to the earthquake-stricken areas, including 125.74 million yuan of funds and 101.58 million yuan of materials.
At 9: 00 on the 21st, 39 trucks loaded with 1,280 tons of rice departed from Harbin and were transported to Chengdu. These materials are provided by counties and districts in Harbin, and they are the third batch of materials in Harbin to support the disaster-stricken areas.
The reporter learned from Zou Chaoying, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology, that after the earthquake in Sichuan, Harbin Institute of Technology received an urgent instruction from the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, requesting that experts in related fields be sent to Mianyang, a severely affected area, to conduct on-site inspection and guidance on damaged houses, and finally come up with a set of feasible solutions.
On the morning of 18th, three teachers, Zheng Wenzhong and Wu Zhenyu, who are engaged in the research of prestressed structure, steel structure, earthquake prevention and disaster reduction respectively, and Qi Jialian, an associate professor, went to Mianyang, a severely affected area, to carry out earthquake relief work. Subsequently, the college sent two teachers, Wu Bin and Guo Anxin, to the disaster area. At present, the third batch of three experts are also preparing to leave.
Harbin Institute of Technology said that it will adjust the enrollment policy for Sichuan Province and increase the care for candidates in disaster areas; In addition, the school will give some financial aid to the freshmen admitted to the school from the disaster area in 2008, so as not to let any student drop out of school because of family financial difficulties. (Reporter Wang Jianwei, Niu Qi)
Shenzhen disaster relief project commandos set off for the hardest hit areas in Sichuan.
Nearly 100 members of the advance team of the disaster relief engineering commando team, composed of Shenzhen engineering and construction personnel, set off on the evening of the 21st and rushed to the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan Province to carry out resettlement housing construction.
According to Lv Ruifeng, vice mayor of Shenzhen, Shenzhen will be responsible for the construction of 20,000 simple resettlement houses in the disaster area, of which the first phase of 10,000 resettlement houses with a total area of 200,000 square meters will be completed within six months. Shenzhen engineering staff who went to the disaster area said that they must complete the construction task of resettlement houses in the disaster area with the fastest time and the best quality. (Reporter Wang Fax)
Editor: Feng Ye