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The State Council Information Office on
Friday held a press conference on contingency measures for coal, oil and
power supply, transportation and disaster relief in snow-hit areas.
Leading officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the
Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of
Communications and the General Administration of Civil Aviation attended
the press conference. (Xinhua Photo)
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The State Council Information Office on Friday
held a press conference on contingency measures for coal, oil and power supply,
transportation and disaster relief in snow-hit areas. Leading officials from the
National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the
Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Communications and the General
Administration of Civil Aviation attended the press conference.
¡öChina's snow havoc causes losses up to 53.8
billion yuan
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Heavy
snow that snarled China's central, southern and eastern regions over the past
three weeks caused economic losses of about 53.8 billion yuan (7.5 billion U.S.
dollars), a senior official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs told reporters here on
Friday.
The worst snow in five decades has so far killed 60 people and forced nearly 1.76 million people to relocate. Nineteen
provincial regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp. have
reported losses from the crisis, which toppled down 223,000 houses
and damaged another 862,000, said Zou Ming, a ministry
official. Full Story>>>
¡öChina sets up command center to deal with snow
disaster
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Cabinet has
established a command center to coordinate contingency measures for coal, oil
and power supply, transportation and disaster relief in snow-hit areas, said the
National Development and Reform Commission on Friday.
The center, with its office at the commission, involves 23
Party and government departments and organizations, including watchdogs on
traffic, public security, finance, health care and information as well as armed
forces and energy giants. Full Story>>>
¡öChina launches coal shipment project to ease
power strain
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China started a ten-day
project for coal shipment on the country's rail lines recovering from the
ongoing snow chaos, the Ministry of Railways said Friday.
The ministry will make sure the daily average loading of
coal exceeds 40,000 cars during the ten days. There will be a minimum of one
million tons of coal transported daily on the Datong-Qinhuangdao rail line on
average, said Zhao Chunlei, a ministry official in charge of train dispatching,
at a press conference. Full Story>>>
Leaders' visits boost morale amid
China's winter-weather crisis
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Chinese President Hu Jintao asks
the miners to produce as much coal as they could safely to provide more
fuel for generating electricity amid a nation-wide shortage.(Xinhua
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BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Amid China's worst snow disaster in decades, the
Chinese leaders have shown the public a hands-on approach by visiting people
working on the front lines of the weather crisis. Full story
Premier Wen rushes to Hunan Province
to direct disaster relief work
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front R)
waves to passengers when he visits the ticket office at a long-distance
coach station of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province,
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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
has rushed to Hunan to help with the central China province's disaster relief
work following an unprecedented snowfall. Full story
China fights "war" against havoc
caused by snow
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Staffs clean snow on a railway bridge in
east China's Jiangxi Province Jan. 29, 2008. Local authorities took
efforts in combating snow-inflicted disasters and reducing the negative
impact to the least extent as volatile weather continued to rage the
region. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China is waging all-out war
against the disasters caused by heavy snow and rain in the southern provinces,
with military forces and police officers getting involved. Full story
China vows to ensure supply, stable
prices of farm produce threatened by snow
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has
vowed to ensure a steady supply of farm produce, which has been threatened by
the heavy snow that has fallen since mid-January, the worst in five decades. Full Story
China's air force flies winter relief
materials to snow-affected areas
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Four Chinese air force
Ilyushin II-76 military transport aircraft on Thursday began flying relief
materials to south China areas affected by severe winter weather. Full Storey
China's Politburo meets on extreme
weather
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Political Bureau of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is urging local
authorities to regard disaster relief as the "most pressing task" and to make
"all-out efforts" to ensure normal production and life in areas hit by
unprecedented bad weather this month. Full story
