Key lessons on managing flood risks from the Yangtze River floods in 2016 illustrate a connection between flood risk management, environmental management, and ecosystem sustainability. In the...
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Embedding community-based flood risk management in investment: A part-to-whole approach
Case studies in the People's Republic of China and in Indonesia show why holistic community-based approaches to managing flood risks should be a key feature of investment programs. Flash floods and...
China: ICRC shares humanitarian practices at an emergency management training
Delegates from the International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefed the Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG) and Blue Sky Rescue Team staffs on humanitarian principles and practices on Nov...
Chinese government allocates winter disaster relief fund
Editor: Lifang BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese central government has allocated 5.7 billion yuan (about 865.6 million U.S. dollars) in relief funds to help people in disaster-hit regions get...
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China partners with UNDP to provide Post-Disaster Recovery Assistance to South Asia
To assist South Asia with post disaster response due to the recent flooding and population displacements in the region, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China has...
Relief work underway following Chongqing earthquake
Editor: Lifang CHONGQING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Disaster relief work has been ongoing in Wulong county, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, following a magnitude 5 earthquake Thursday afternoon. ...
Earthquake in China, Shake Map, 2017-11-18
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No casualties from 5-magnitude earthquake in Chongqing
CHONGQING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- No casualties were reported following a 5-magnitude earthquake in Wulong county in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday afternoon. The quake struck at a...
China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (2017)
Climate change is one of biggest challenges facing mankind in the 21st century. The Chinese Government has always attached great importance to tackling climate change and strengthened the work on...
More than 2,000 relocated following 6.9-magnitude quake in Tibet
Editor: Yamei LHASA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,000 people have been relocated to temporary shelters after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nyingchi in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on...
Strong earthquake rattles Tibet but only minor damage reported
by Reuters Saturday, 18 November 2017 02:38 GMT BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck a remote part of Tibet on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said,...
Earthquake in Xizang Zizhiqu, China. 58km NE of Nyingchi. Magnitude: 6.3 Depth: 10.0
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China continues blue alert for Typhoon Haikui
BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's national weather observatory on Saturday renewed a blue alert as Typhoon Haikui continues to bring gales to the South China Sea. At 5 p.m. Saturday, the eye of...
Heavy downpour forces evacuations in Hainan
HAINAN, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Over 11,000 people have been evacuated in southern China's Hainan Province after heavy rain battered the island, the provincial flood control authority said Wednesday. ...
Completion of Macau Aided Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Lushan County of Ya'an City, Sichuan Province
(November 5, A report by Hu Yao, a Xinhua News Agency reporter, Macau). On November 5, the reporter learned from the Macau Red Cross (MRC), that their '4.20' post-disaster reconstruction project in...
China’s Ant Financial shows how digital clout can fight climate change
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step is a Chinese proverb that has long made its way into the public consciousness. Ant Financial is taking this proverb and amplifying it to help bring...
972,000 Chinese adversely affected by Typhoon Khanun
BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Khanun affected some 972,000 residents in the provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Civil Affairs...
Natural disasters kill 799 in first nine months
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters left 799 people dead and 90 missing nationwide in the first nine months, according to a statement by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the China...
10 years later: Remembering the Wenchuan Earthquake
On 12th of May in 2008, the Wenchuan Earthquake struck Sichuan province in China, leading to the deaths of more than 69,000 people and affecting the lives of over 40 million. The earthquake destroyed...
Typhoon Khanun makes landfall in south China
Editor: Yamei GUANGZHOU, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Khanun, the 20th typhoon this year, made landfall at around 3:25 a.m. Monday in Xuwen county, south China's Guangdong Province,bring gales of 28 meters...