国内英语资讯:China Focus: Quake rescue demonstrates Chinas strength_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: Quake rescue demonstrates Chinas strength

Temperatures in Jiuzhaigou can be as low as 16 degrees Celsius at night.

After the earthquake, local people of different ethnic groups voluntarily offered food, water or car rides to stranded tourists and rescue workers.

Liu Zuoming, Communist Party chief of the Aba prefecture, said local authorities will roll out plans to relocate some locals in the future to reduce threats to their safety by secondary disasters.

QUICK RESPONSE

Governments of all levels have responded quickly to the disaster.

The State Council has sent a national work team to the disaster-hit area to guide relief work.

Sichuan Province dispatched over 1,300 armed policemen, 1,108 firefighters, 55 sets of heat sensors and 30 sniffer dogs to Jiuzhaigou.

A total of 455 firefighters from Shaanxi Province have been organized on standby, and 28 rescue workers from Gansu Province have carried out rescue work.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has instructed airports to keep track of available runways and gate positions while asking airlines to help with emergency evacuation of tourists in the disaster-hit area.

The Ministry of Transport has formed a leading group to guide local transportation authorities to aid the rescue.

The China Meteorological Administration has initiated enhanced weather forecasting in the area.

China's quake response, including action capability, rescue equipment and relief materials, has made great progress during the years after the devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, said Xu Qiang, a geological disaster prevention expert with the Chengdu University of Technology.