Around 9:10 a.m. on July 17, a landslide occurred in Hanjia Township, Pengshui County, Chongqing City, leaving many people buried and missing. After the disaster, Chinese President Xi Jinping attached great importance to the matter and issued important instructions, pointing out that search and rescue operations should be scientifically organized to prevent subsequent disasters, treat the injured properly, and do a good job of follow-up work. In addition, it is necessary to investigate the causes and eliminate geological hazards.
Xi Jinping stressed that relevant departments at the local level must continue to fulfill their safety responsibilities, strengthen monitoring, early warning, inspection and hazard elimination, and carefully and effectively protect the lives and property of residents. Chinese Premier Li Qiang issued instructions, emphasizing the need to assist Chongqing in rescuing and treating the injured and properly deploying the affected to avoid secondary disasters.
In accordance with the important instruction of President Xi Jinping and the request of Premier Li Qiang, Zhang Guoqing, a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council of China, arrived in Pengshui District, Chongqing, with heads of relevant departments on the evening of July 17 to lead the rescue work at the landslide site.
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