State Councilor Wang Yong (R) presides over a meeting to direct rescue work at the rescue headquarter in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 22, 2013. A team led by Wang Yong was dispatched to direct the blast rescue work in the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province after the explosion occurred on Friday morning. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
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QINGDAO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Wang Yong, who is directing rescue work for an oil pipeline blast that killed at least 47 in east China, on Saturday urged maximum efforts to find survivors.
A team led by Wang was dispatched to direct the blast rescue work in the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province after the explosion occurred on Friday morning. Full story
In pictures: Pipeline blast in E China, maintenance underway
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QINGDAO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The pipeline that leaked crude oil and caused a deadly blast on Friday in east China's port city of Qingdao has been in use for 27 years, Sinopec said on its microblog Saturday.Full story
Sinopec chairman apologizes over deadly explosion
QINGDAO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sinopec's board chairman Fu Chengyu made an apology on Saturday over an oil pipeline explosion in east China that has killed at least 44 people and vowed to find out the cause.Full story
Medical specialists sent to China's oil pipeline blast areas
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A team of medical specialists has been sent to the oil pipeline explosion area in the coastal city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.Full story
Oil pipeline blast kills 35 in east China
QINGDAO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed and 166 others injured after a leaking pipeline caught fire and exploded on Friday morning in the coastal city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said.
Among the 166 injured, 65 are in serious conditions, according to a comment posted on Friday night on the official microblog of the Qingdao municipal health bureau on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblogging service.Full story
Xi urges on search for blast survivors
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese PresidentXi Jinpingon Friday asked for maximum effort in the search for survivors of an oil pipeline blast that killed at least 35 in east China's Shandong Province.
Xi asked local authorities to spare no effort to rescue the injured, find the cause of the accident and strengthen safety.
PremierLi Keqiangalso urged local authorities to improve inspection and supervision and make sure safety procedures are followed.Full story
