Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    Opinion
    Home / Opinion / Opinion Line

    Response indicates painful lessons have been heeded

    China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-24 06:47
    Share
    Share - WeChat
    Firefighters arrange covers for affected residents at a temporary shelter in Yangbi county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on May 22, 2021. [Photo by Huang Xingneng/for chinadaily.com.cn]

    A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Yangbi county, Yunnan province, at 9:48 pm on Friday, and less than five hours later, a 7.4-magnitude quake jolted Madoi county in Guoluo prefecture, Qinghai province, at 2:04 am on Saturday. No casualties have yet been reported from Qinghai, but at least three people had died and dozens were injured in Yunnan, according to local governments.

    The two earthquakes immediately triggered the emergency response systems of relevant governments and departments. The Ministry of Emergency Management and the China Earthquake Administration sent their working groups to the two places overnight to guide and assist local rescue and relief work.

    But the two places, about 1,100 kilometers apart, have experienced hundreds of aftershocks since then, causing great difficulties to the rescue work that is still underway.

    Although the Madoi earthquake was the strongest the country has experienced since the devastating 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province in 2008, which caused about 70,000 deaths and resulted in 17,900 people missing, the county's sparsely scattered population across a vast area of 25,300 square kilometers reduced the number of casualties. The population density of Madoi is the lowest in the country, about 0.5 persons per square kilometer.

    Moreover, the country's earthquake early warning system warned Kunming, capital of Yunan, at least 70 seconds in advance of the earthquake, and the neighboring city of Dali three to four seconds in advance. The earthquake warnings issued via mobile phones, televisions and loudspeakers in public sites in Yunnan and neighboring Sichuan have offered some valuable time for people to seek refuge.

    That the two places held news conferences on Saturday morning reporting the losses and the rescue work shows local governments' efforts to ensure transparency over the disaster relief efforts.

    These effective responses to the two earthquakes indicate the country has learned the painful lessons of the Wenchuan earthquake, and a series of practices, mechanisms and technologies that have been introduced and applied since then have proved their value in saving lives this time.

    It is to be hoped that the mobile internet, 5G, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence technologies, and advanced equipment such as unmanned aerial vehicles can be widely used in the future earthquake pre-warning and rescue work to further improve the performance of the emergency response system.

    Most Viewed in 24 Hours
    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    大地资源中文在线观看免费版| 亚洲AV永久无码精品水牛影视| 无码一区二区三区免费| 中文亚洲AV片在线观看不卡| 久久久久亚洲av无码专区喷水| 中文字幕日本精品一区二区三区| 少妇中文无码高清| 久久久久亚洲AV无码麻豆| 制服在线无码专区| 最近中文字幕2019高清免费| 亚洲AV无码乱码在线观看性色扶| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| 99精品人妻无码专区在线视频区| 欧美麻豆久久久久久中文| 亚洲熟妇中文字幕五十中出| 少妇无码太爽了不卡视频在线看 | 亚洲精品无码日韩国产不卡?V| 亚洲级αV无码毛片久久精品| 亚洲日本中文字幕天堂网| 人妻无码αv中文字幕久久 | 日韩精品中文字幕无码一区| 免费无码国产在线观国内自拍中文字幕| 亚洲AV无码专区国产乱码4SE| 精品欧洲av无码一区二区14| 伊人久久无码精品中文字幕| yellow中文字幕久久网| 亚洲欧美日韩一区高清中文字幕 | 中文字幕亚洲第一在线| 香蕉伊蕉伊中文视频在线| 婷婷综合久久中文字幕蜜桃三电影| 久久人妻无码中文字幕| 中文字幕乱码无码人妻系列蜜桃| 亚洲AV中文无码乱人伦在线视色| 亚洲AV无码一区二区一二区 | 亚洲中文久久精品无码ww16| 亚洲人成中文字幕在线观看| 一二三四社区在线中文视频| 好看的中文字幕二区高清在线观看| 中文字幕在线观看亚洲| 亚洲欧美日韩在线不卡中文| 亚洲日韩精品A∨片无码|