New China Files: Earthquake Relief

Xinhua Chengdu, February 8 Xinhua at 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008, occurred at 31 degrees north latitude, 103 degrees east longitude of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan is the most devastating since the founding of new China, spread to the widest range, disaster relief the most difficult of an earthquake. Earthquakes up to Richter magnitude of 8, maximum intensity of up to 11 degrees, the aftershocks 30000 times, related to Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, 10 provinces and municipalities 417 counties (cities, districts), 4667 township (town), 48810 villages. Hit a total area of about 50 million square kilometers, more than 46.25 million people affected, of which a very heavily hit by the worst-hit area of 130,000 square kilometers. The earthquake victims compatriots, 69227, 17923 compatriots missing people in disaster areas in need of emergency relocated 15.1 million people, a large number of collapsed houses damaged and destroyed large areas of infrastructure, industrial and agricultural production suffered heavy losses, the ecological environment has been severely damaged, the direct economic losses more than 845.1 billion yuan, triggering avalanches, landslides, mudslides, dammed lake secondary disasters such as rare in the world.

After the earthquake, from the central to local party committees and governments at all levels, strong leadership, scientific command, and organized the rescue of our country's history the fastest, the mobilization of the widest range of input power struggle of the largest earthquake relief. Hundreds of thousands of military, police, people and various regions and departments of staff, volunteers rushed to the disaster relief force to maximize the affected people to save lives, to maximize the reduction of disaster losses: more than 80000 masses who have been rescued from the rubble out of nearly 1.5 million people will be rescued trapped, wounded more than 430 million receive timely treatment, of which more than 10000 injured crew members were quickly transferred to the country 20 provinces and autonomous regions 375 hospitals.

After the earthquake, from the central to local party committees and governments at all levels, do everything possible to rehouse the affected people's life: 15.1 million for emergency relocated the basic livelihood of the people affected are proper arrangements for 8.81 million people in difficulty get disaster relief, primary and secondary schools before the start of the new semester full reopening of school, and take effective measures to ensure no big epidemic after the catastrophe and really did it so as to make people have food to eat, clothes to wear, clean water to drink, there is shelter, the sick can receive timely treatment. After the creation of a big disaster, "there is no famine, no displaced persons, there is no epidemic, there is no social unrest," a miracle.

After the earthquake, from the central to local levels of Party committees and governments out to organize the repair transportation, electricity, telecommunications, broadcasting, water conservancy, water supply, gas supply and other infrastructure facilities, the timely processing and resolving secondary disasters such as landslide-dammed lakes, and earnestly do a good job of aftershocks monitoring, meteorological services, technology support, Meidianyouyun protection work, timely and accurate publication of the disaster, for earthquake relief and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction has created favorable conditions.

In order to speed up earthquake restoration and reconstruction, from the central to local levels of Party committees and governments actively organize the allocation of funds and supplies and to take timely measures to strengthen the management and use of supervision and inspection to ensure the timely and effective disaster relief supplies capital for disaster and disaster the masses; strengthen policy support, fully grasp the disaster areas of production to resume work in the disaster areas of industry, agriculture, tourism, etc. restoration made significant progress; science to carry out assessments and planning, timely development of relevant legislation, guidance and planning, the central government establish a special fund, organizing the implementation of counterpart support, according to the law and orderly implementation of the post-disaster reconstruction. At present, various restoration and reconstruction work in all aspects to promote:

In Sichuan, at the end of 2009, need to rebuild housing more than 120 million farmers have already moved into new houses 99.8%; Sichuan disaster areas into the overall planning of national reconstruction projects have been started more than 27,000, of which more than two thirds have been completed ; completed an investment of more than 5500 billion yuan, exceeding estimates of investment Liu Cheng; urban housing reconstruction has started 250 thousand sets, Liu Cheng and above have been completed. Disaster areas have basically all industrial enterprises to resume production, a number of enterprise output value exceeded the level before the earthquake.

In the Southern Gansu, as of the end of 2009, need to rebuild housing, 22.8 million households of farmers have all been started, the completion rate of over 99%.

Hanzhong in Shaanxi, Tianjin support Lueyang, Ningqiang counties a total of 295 projects have been completed 95% of the project aided the amount of tasks.