English.news.cn 2011-07-22 05:52:58

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Various kinds of disasters in China left 7,844 people dead or missing and affected a total of 430 million persons last year, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Thursday.

The disasters in 2010 also resulted in direct economic losses of 533.99 billion yuan (82.72 billion U.S. dollars), the report said.

The country witnessed multiple serious disasters, including the severe earthquake in Qinghai's Yushu and the landslide in Gansu's Zhouqu, the report said.

On May 30, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) held a report meeting on drought relief of 7 provinces in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River valley further summarizing and deploying meteorological service work for drought relief.

Zheng Guoguang, Administrator of CMA, chaired the meeting and emphasized that all levels of meteorological departments should pay high attention to the issue and coordinate actively to do a good job of service for drought situation monitor, forecast and warning. Drought relief and flood control both should be put as top priority.

This report covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010.

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This report covers the period from 1 January to 30 December 2010.

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They have rescued or evacuated a total of 1.742 million people, rush-transported 303,000 tonnes of goods, dredged 3,742 km of waterways, dug 4,443 wells, and fortified 728 km of dikes and dams, says the white paper, issued by the Information Office of the State Council.

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Saving and protecting water resources is the core in building the project, Li said, while chairing a meeting of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Commission of the State Council.

China's northern regions suffer serious

Houses would be rebuilt and infrastructure would be restored in both urban and rural areas of the county which had been devastated by deadly mudslides in August last year, Liu Weiping, the provincial governor, said late Friday.

Liu demanded that all of the 164 reconstruction projects begin before the end of April and leading projects to combat geological disasters should be launched in March.

On 8 August 2010, a massive mudslide which battered Zhouqu county of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province caused a death toll of 1,481, with another 284 people missing. It affected more than 47,000 people, forcing them to evacuate to schools or to live with their relatives.

RCSC mobilized donations from all its branches, valued at approximately CNY 42.12 million (CHF 3.66 million) for emergency relief. Emergency supplies like tents, blankets, instant noodles, bottled water, sausages, garlic, edible oil and medicines was

The relief funds, jointly allocated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, will be used for disaster survivors to buy food, clothes, quilts and heating devices.

A Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said local finance and civil affairs authorities have been ordered to publicly disclose relevant information.

In 2010, several natural disasters hit