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Chinese authorities promise to strengthen capacity in response to potential disasters

Source(s): China Global Television Network
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By Dai Kaiyi

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China has made progress in preventing disasters over the past three years, officials from the Ministry of Emergency Management on Friday told a news conference on the nation's disaster prevention efforts.

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Zhou Xuewen, vice minister of emergency management, said during the conference that in the face of the floods of 2020, which was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, China successfully defeated the most serious flooding disaster since 1998, as the death toll and number of people who remained unaccounted for turned out to be the lowest in history.

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Moreover, authorities have also mobilized over 800,000 personnel working in disaster-related information efforts across the country, who carried out risk assessments and reporting to detect threats early.

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Themes Capacity development Recovery Risk identification and assessment Urban risk and planning Governance
Country and region China

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